- Date
- January 8, 1978
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7925CPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780108002179A
- Case key
- 158600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0280 78/1/8 WICHITA,KS PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1356 TIME - 1830 N7925C PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 385 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMOTARA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANHATTON,KS WICHITA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BENDIX MAGNETO D6LN-2031,SERIAL # 5275,HAD COIL RETAINING SCREWS UNDER TORQUED,GO GAGE DIDN'T FIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7925C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Comotara
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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.