- Date
- April 30, 1975
- Place
- Dothan, AL · DOTHAN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9916PPiper PA-36
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750430012279A
- Case key
- 149246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1775 75/4/30 DOTHAN,AL PIPER PA-36 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2910 TIME - 1745 N9916P PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEELLESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOTHAN,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9916P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wheelless
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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.