- Date
- July 28, 1975
- Place
- Houston, MN · HOUSTON, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7179PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0016 75/7/28 HOUSTON,MN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1625 N7179P PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 38, 6457 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHART,IN ROCHESTER,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER REMARKS- TIME SINCE LAST ANNUAL INSP 7.3 HR.STAB TRIM ARM P/N 20838-00,TAB P/N 30321-00 CON BOLT MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7179P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N7179PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7179P · 1
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