- Date
- September 20, 1968
- Place
- Newton, IA · NEWTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6547PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3211 68/9/20 NEWTON,IOWA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 645 TIME - 0650 N6547P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 445 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED IN CORNFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6547P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6547PRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2023 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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