- Date
- December 3, 1967
- Place
- Warrensburg, MO · WARRENSBURG, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3385WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4647 67/12/3 NR.WARRENSBURG,MO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1305 TIME - 1915 N3385W PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 145 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISC-UPPER ENG COWL CAME LOOSE,SEPARATED. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- COWL STRUCK WINDSHIELD AND TAIL. LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3385W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3385WRegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2026 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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