- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Greenville, SC · GREENVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5893PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165631
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1018 72/4/2 GREENVILLE,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1286 TIME - 1756 N5893P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 788 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE DNTWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,GA COATESVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IMPULSE COUPLING,LFT MAG,FAILED CAUSING CAMSHAFT IDLE GR(P/N-71652)TO FAIL.ACFT OVR ARPT.CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5893P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenville Dntwn
N5893PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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