- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- Lilburn, GA · LILBURN, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5256SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770324032219A
- Case key
- 157830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2094 77/3/24 LILBURN,GA PIPER PA-32 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N5256S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 31, 2996 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STONE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENDALLVILLE,IN STONE MOUNTAIN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LT MAG IMPULSE COUPLING FLYWEIGHT VERY LOOSE.STRUCK & BROKE STOP PIN. CRANKSHAFT GEAR SEPARATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5256S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stone Mountain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.