- Date
- May 22, 1968
- Place
- Ft Leonrd Wood, MO · FT LEONRD WOOD, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3538WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3308 68/5/22 FT LEONRD WOOD,MO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0942 N3538W PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 31, 2471 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 731 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORNEY AAF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DOWEL STUDS SHEARED IN LT MAGNETO.BROKEN STUD SHEARED TEETH OFF LT IDLER GEAR,ACCESSORY DRIVE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3538W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forney Aaf
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