- Date
- December 15, 1971
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4105WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4216 71/12/15 TOPEKA,KANS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 5953 TIME - 2045 N4105W PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 293 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KANS MANHATTAN,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L IDLER GR SHAFT LOCKPLATE,P/N 71646,MISG.R LOCK NOT BENT DWN.2 BOLTS BACKED OFF GR SHAFT SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4105W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen Air Park
N4105WRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2004 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4105W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.