- Date
- September 15, 1976
- Place
- Independence, MO · INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6510YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760915038999A
- Case key
- 156070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4081 76/9/15 INDEPENDENCE,MO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 9926 TIME - 1350 N6510Y PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDEPENDENCE MEMO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEFFERSON CITY,MO KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: SPINNERS,DOMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FATIGUE,3 MOUNTING STUDS,PROP SEPD.DELAYED IN MANUAL EXT OF GR,MADE GO-ARND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6510Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Independence Memo
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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.