- Date
- February 23, 1977
- Place
- Lake City, FL · LAKE CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1370PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770223003309A
- Case key
- 157865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1542 77/2/23 LAKE CITY,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 38, TIME - 1225 N1370P PX- 0 0 0 TEST 468 TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LK CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CITY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L ENG-MAGS IMPROPERLY TIMED,LO COMP 2 CYLINDERS,WATER & FOREIGN MATTER IN FUEL.LAST ANNUAL 9/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1370P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lk City Muni
N1370PRegistration cancelled May 8, 2015 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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