- Date
- January 3, 1979
- Place
- Cross City, FL · CROSS CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3705WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790103000169A
- Case key
- 137761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0183 79/1/3 CROSS CITY,FL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 133 TIME - 1200 N3705W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROSS CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL COUNCIL BLUFF,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAGNETO FLYWEIGHTS FAILED CAUSING ENG FAILURE-NON COMPLIANCE BENDIX AD 78-09-07 INVOLVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3705W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cross City
N3705WRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3705W · 1
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