- Date
- July 4, 1975
- Place
- Beech Island, SC · BEECH ISLAND, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N121MBPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750704019329A
- Case key
- 150582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2730 75/7/4 BEECH ISLAND,SC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N121MB PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 1112 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 157 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,AL CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LEADS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED 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- R MAG P LEAD COIL TO COND FRAYED.L MAG COND RPLCD MAG CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121MB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N121MBRegistration cancelled Jul 7, 2011 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N121MB · 1
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