- Date
- January 15, 1978
- Place
- Tama, IA · TAMA, IA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6819BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780115022909A
- Case key
- 143431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1679 78/1/15 TAMA,IA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 165 TIME - 1530 N6819B PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERRY,IA INDEPENDENCE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE REMARKS- PLT CO LEVEL 67% SATURATION IN BLOOD SPECIMEN CONTAINING 11.5GM% HEMOGLOBIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6819B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6819BRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine 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.