- Date
- July 14, 1978
- Place
- Sargent, NE · SARGENT, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6101ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780714017339A
- Case key
- 141488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1860 78/7/14 SARGENT,NE PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 260 TIME - 1500 N6101Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARGENT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARGENT,NE BROKEN BOW,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL LINE AT CARBURETOR PLUGGED WITH FOREIGN MATTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6101Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sargent Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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