- Date
- November 26, 1973
- Place
- Readsville, MO · READSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3977WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187330
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0031 73/11/26 NR.READSVILLE,MO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1433 N3977W PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.LOUIS,MO COLUMBIA,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKCASE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- PLT SECURED ENGINE,LNDD IN PASTURE W/O FURTHER DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3977W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N3977WRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3977W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.