- Date
- November 19, 1973
- Place
- Larned, KS · LARNED, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8131PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731119038649A
- Case key
- 187945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3614 73/11/19 LARNED,KANS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1343 TIME - 2355 N8131P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LARNED MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARNED,KANS EAGLE PASS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- SOURCE OF SMOKE NOT DETERMINED.LNDD GR UP DUE SOFT FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8131P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Larned Mun
N8131PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.