- Date
- February 4, 1973
- Place
- Columbiana, AL · COLUMBIANA, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1103PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730204004819A
- Case key
- 169846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0475 73/2/4 COLUMBIANA,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 816 TIME - 1600 N1103P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOUNDS MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIANA,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- DRG TKOF,L ENG QUIT ABT 60MPH,PLT UN MAINTAIN RWY HEADING,L WING HIT FENCE.FUEL SUMP FULL OF WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1103P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bounds Mountain
N1103PRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.