- Date
- October 7, 1968
- Place
- Neptune, NJ · NEPTUNE, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5426YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4114 68/10/7 NEPTUNE,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1212 N5426Y PX- 0 0 1 TEST AGE 42, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASBURY PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LINT, DIRT, SAND AND A VARNISH-LIKE SUBSTANCE FOUND IN FUEL SYSTEM LINES, SUMPS AND INJ STRAINERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5426Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Asbury Park