- Date
- March 18, 1979
- Place
- Hawkinsville, GA · HAWKINSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7622PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790318008549A
- Case key
- 137132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1294 79/3/18 HAWKINSVILLE,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 493 TIME - 1915 N7622P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYCROSS,GA. CLARKSVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- PROP SPINNER BULKHEAD CRACKED.LNDD ON ROAD HIT SIGN WHILE AVOIDING CAR-OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7622P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7622PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7622P · 1
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