- Date
- August 8, 1968
- Place
- Morrisville, PA · MORRISVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3709WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2656 68/8/8 MORRISVILLE,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1112 N3709W PX- 0 3 1 OTHER AGE 30, 2673 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHTSEEEING FLT.PLT STATED FUEL SELECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3709W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morrisville
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