- Date
- January 15, 1975
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7179PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750115002199A
- Case key
- 147396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0229 75/1/15 ROCHESTER,MN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1120 TIME - 1806 N7179P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 408 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI ROCHESTER,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- UN EXTD GR.NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL SYS PROBLEMS.ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7179P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rochester
N7179PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7179P · 1
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