- Date
- April 28, 1979
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC · RIDGELAND, SC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15197Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790428007219A
- Case key
- 136509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0561 79/4/28 NR.RIDGELAND,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1260 TIME - 2000 N15197 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIDGELAND,SC SUMTER,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: GOVERNORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP GOV CNTRL ROD END DISCONNECTED FROM CNTRL HEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15197
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.