- Date
- February 10, 1966
- Place
- Gardner, KS · GARDNER, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7155BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172771
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1393 66/2/10 NR.GARDNER KANS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1255 TIME - 1655 N7155B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 39 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT SAID THE ENGINE LOST POWER SMOOTHLY AFTER WHICH HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT.NO POWER REGAINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7155B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gardner
N7155BRegistration cancelled Apr 15, 2004 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.