- Date
- January 20, 1980
- Place
- Columbus, GA · COLUMBUS, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2684MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800120000899A
- Case key
- 134881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0943 80/1/20 NR.COLUMBUS,GA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1330 N2684M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 11691 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 598 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBUS METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2684M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbus Metro
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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.