- Date
- February 10, 1977
- Place
- Waterloo, IA · WATERLOO, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5196PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770210002309A
- Case key
- 156817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0159 77/2/10 WATERLOO,IA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 177 TIME - 1646 N5196P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERLOO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- POWER FAILURE ON TAKEOFF-STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN BACK TO AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5196P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waterloo
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5196P · 1
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