- Date
- October 17, 1967
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8306YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0788 67/10/17 WATERLOO,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0720 N8306Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 804 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 24 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERLOO MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FEATHERED WRONG ENGINE REMARKS- LEFT PROP STRUCK GROUND ON LANDING, RIGHT PROP FOUND FEATHERED AFTER CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8306Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waterloo Muni.
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 MKC68D0154Accident · No injuriesClosedWaterloo, IA