- Date
- November 2, 1979
- Place
- Greenville, SC · GREENVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66893Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791102042579A
- Case key
- 133068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3227 79/11/2 GREENVILLE,SC PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 18000 TIME - 1112 N66893 PX- 4 2 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE DWNTWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG MALF BFR BEST CLIMB SPEED.HIT PWR LINE DRG TURN BACK TO ARPT.SEVERAL A/D'S NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66893
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenville Dwntwn
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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