- Date
- May 28, 1975
- Place
- Macclenny, FL · MACCLENNY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2662RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170755
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1522 75/5/28 MACCLENNY,FL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 710 TIME - 1030 N2662R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THRIFTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- OIL DRAIN VALVE P/N-CCA-1700 INSTALLED-WRONG VALVE FOR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2662R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thrifts
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Other investigations on N2662R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL92LA163Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOviedo, FLThe failure of the dual student to properly flare the aircraft during the landing attempt, and the flight instructor's failure to perform remedial action to prevent the hard landing.NTSB MIA86LA118Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportUmatilla, FLThe plt reported that he flared the acft too high while landing. The acft stalled too soon and a hard landing resulted.