- Date
- April 12, 1970
- Place
- East Hampton, CT · EAST HAMPTON, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6713JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1311 70/4/12 EAST HAMPTON,CONN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 3350 TIME - 1630 N6713J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDQUIST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HAVEN,CONN EAST HAMPTON,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- SEPARATED CARB HALVES,LITTLE BALL OF SEALANT FOUND NEAR MIXTURE VALVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6713J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lindquist
N6713JRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2023 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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