- Date
- April 20, 1966
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3301PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2166 66/4/20 IOWA CITY IOWA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1800 TIME - 2010 N3301P PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FEATHERED WRONG ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LEFT ENGINE CRANKSHAFT ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR DOWEL PIN SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3301P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Iowa City
N3301PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine 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.