- Date
- September 1, 1975
- Place
- Claxton, GA · CLAXTON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3346BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750901032599A
- Case key
- 151394
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3966 75/9/1 CLAXTON,GA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 863 TIME - 1845 N3346B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAXTON-EVANS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLAXTON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STUDENT COPILOT MADE ABRUPT CLBG TURN.ACFT BATTERY DEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3346B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Claxton-Evans
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3346B · 1
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