- Date
- August 13, 1967
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8306YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2882 67/8/13 WATERLOO,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N8306Y PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 25, 1450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERLOO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8306Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waterloo
N8306YRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-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.
Other investigations on N8306Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN13FA432Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAmarillo, TXThe pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control after a loss of left engine power due to water-contaminated fuel. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a proper preflight that could have detected water accumulation in the fuel system before takeoff.NTSB MKC68F0282Accident · Serious injuriesClosedWaterloo, IA