- Date
- June 27, 1969
- Place
- Ridgeway, PA · RIDGEWAY, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7531PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2962 69/6/27 RIDGEWAY,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 950 TIME - 1626 N7531P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 655 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAINESVILLE,OHIO WESTCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT DRIVE GR DOWEL FAILED.LOSS OF ENG IGNITION,VALVE ACTION,PROP CTL,RESULTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7531P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7531PRegistration cancelled Dec 20, 2025 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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