- Date
- January 29, 1966
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3383WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172721
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1175 66/1/29 KANSAS CITY MO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 276 TIME - 1058 N3383W PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER GRADE OIL-LUBRICATING SYSTEM PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO, SAE 50 OIL USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3383W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kansas City
N3383WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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