- Date
- October 26, 1977
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N35RTPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771026032759A
- Case key
- 145213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2999 77/10/26 DES MOINES,IA PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1236 N35RT PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 32, 3950 TOTAL HOURS, 180 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- FEATHERED ENG IN PATTERN. SINGLE ENG GO-AROUND, UNABLE TO MAINTAIN VMC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35RT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
N35RTRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2006 · Piper PA-31TAirframe modelPiper PA-31TEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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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.