- Date
- May 4, 1978
- Place
- Washington, IA · WASHINGTON, IA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2DPPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780504009119A
- Case key
- 142468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1199 78/5/4 WASHINGTON,IA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 522 TIME - 0600 N2DP PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,IA SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: GOVERNORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP WENT TO HIGH PITCH ON TKOF.METAL PARTICLES FRM ENG FOUND IN GOV.ENG CRANKCASE HAD BEEN WELDED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2DP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington
N2DPRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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