- Date
- September 6, 1975
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9169DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750906026279A
- Case key
- 151198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3149 75/9/6 RAPID CITY,SD PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 168 TIME - 1830 N9169D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 114 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAPID CITY REGION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALL,SD HILL CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CENTER MAIN BEARING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9169D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rapid City Region
N9169DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.
Other investigations on N9169D · 1
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