- Date
- August 2, 1971
- Place
- Estherville, IA · ESTHERVILLE, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6203PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2837 71/8/2 ESTHERVILLE,IOWA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 149 TIME - 0830 N6203P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESTHERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRANDON,WISC ESTHERVILLE,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRTL COLLAPSE OF FUEL TNK BLDDR DUE TO 3 UNSNAPPED RTNTN FASTENERS.CRASH LNDD IN CORNFLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6203P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Estherville
N6203PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6203P · 2
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