- Date
- April 24, 1977
- Place
- Ft Leavenworth, KS · FT LEAVENWORTH, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N562FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770424008959A
- Case key
- 158340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0972 77/4/24 FT LEAVENWORTH,KS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N562FL PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHERMAN FIELD AAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LEAVENWORTH,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ENTERED STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER RECONGNIZNG ENG MALF.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N562FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sherman Field Aaf
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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