- Date
- November 20, 1966
- Place
- Independence, MO · INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7159DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3935 66/11/20 INDEPENDENCE MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 155 TIME - 1655 N7159D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDEPENDENCE MEMO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- REAR FUEL LINE OF LEFT TANK PLUGGED BY COCOON I/2 INCH LONG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7159D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Independence Memo
N7159DRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2005 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7159D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.