- Date
- September 6, 1977
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2063PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770906031259A
- Case key
- 145122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2405 77/9/6 VALDOSTA,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N2063P PX- 0 0 3 DUAL AGE 53, 17630 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUITMAN,GA VALDOSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- AC OVERWEIGHT DEPART QUITMAN,GA.LEFT ENG FEATHERED ON DOWNWIND.PREMATURE GEAR EXTENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2063P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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