- Date
- June 15, 1977
- Place
- Minneapolis, KS · MINNEAPOLIS, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N54797Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770615016159A
- Case key
- 147628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1524 77/6/15 MINNEAPOLIS,KS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0400 N54797 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 35, 9529 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1315 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINNEAPOLIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,KS KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54797
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Minneapolis
N54797Registration cancelled Jul 14, 1977 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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.