- Date
- June 8, 1965
- Place
- Vineland, NJ · VINELAND, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7018KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1404 65/6/8 VINELAND NJ PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N7018K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KROELINGER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF NO 4 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7018K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kroelinger
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