- Date
- May 4, 1973
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8175NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730504015379A
- Case key
- 190325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1450 73/5/4 MELBOURNE,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1320 N8175N PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 30, 1808 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 686 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE KENNEDY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FLA MELBOURNE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRG THROTTLE ACTION CABLE ROTATED CARB BUTTERFLY CTL ARM WORN BALL FELL FREE.CABLE DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8175N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cape Kennedy
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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.