- Date
- August 4, 1968
- Place
- Honesdale, PA · HONESDALE, PA
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5235LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2688 68/8/4 HONESDALE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 160 TIME - 1530 N5235L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY RIDGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXTURE CONTROL FOUND IN CUT OFF POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5235L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cherry Ridge
N5235LRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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