- Date
- January 10, 1970
- Place
- West Liberty, IA · WEST LIBERTY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7125BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0312 70/1/10 WEST LIBERTY,IOWA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 159 TIME - 1500 N7125B PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSCATINE,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OPENED THROTTLE TOO SUDDENLY AFTER GLIDE WHILE HUNTING FOXES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7125B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7125BRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7125B · 1
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