- Date
- December 21, 1975
- Place
- Hays, KS · HAYS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8637PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751221039529A
- Case key
- 151661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3770 75/12/21 HAYS,KS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N8637P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 461 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIERRE,SD WEST WOODDWARD,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8637P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8637PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8637P · 1
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