- Date
- August 22, 1975
- Place
- Jonesboro, GA · JONESBORO, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2068PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750822025639A
- Case key
- 151573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3451 75/8/22 JONESBORO,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1717 N2068P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 52, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 59 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH EXPRESSWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA JONESBORO,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EMERG HAND PUMP FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2068P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Expressway
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2068P · 1
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