- Date
- December 19, 1973
- Place
- Winnsboro, SC · WINNSBORO, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16361Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731219039089A
- Case key
- 187405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3999 73/12/19 WINNSBORO,SC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 195 TIME - 1615 N16361 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC WINSTON-SALEM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NICKED TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- EXAM OF PROP BLADE AT POINT OF SEPARATION SHOWED A SMALL NICK.ACFT HIT FENCE AND A RAILROAD TRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16361
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N16361Registered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N16361 · 1
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