- Date
- February 7, 1975
- Place
- Myrtle Beach, SC · MYRTLE BEACH, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5107SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750207019109A
- Case key
- 170137
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2120 75/2/7 MYRTLE BEACH,SC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 790 TIME - 1047 N5107S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 323 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC WHITEVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG MALFUNCT DUE CRACKED MAGNETO HOUSINGS.SMALL FLD,PLT CTLD CRASH LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5107S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Myrtle Beach
N5107SRegistered 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 N5107S · 1
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