- Date
- December 19, 1971
- Place
- Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6710JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3391 71/12/19 LINCOLN,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1234 N6710J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ALT TOO LOW TO PICK SUITABLE LDG AREA. HIT BRIDGE RAILING,KNOCKED GR OFF,MADE BELLY LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6710J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lincoln
N6710JRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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