- Date
- May 31, 1965
- Place
- Inlet, NY · INLET, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1915APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1361 65/5/31 INLET NY PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 6000 TIME - 1730 N1915A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1029 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- MATERIAL FAILURE OF NO 2 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1915A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1915ARegistered now · Piper PA-18S-125Airframe modelPiper PA-18S-125Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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