- Date
- April 4, 1971
- Place
- Hesston, PA · HESSTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8798PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160957
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1289 71/4/4 HESSTON,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 191 TIME - 1150 N8798P PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTOONA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- LOW PASS ABT 150FT AGL,DID NOT GET IMT PWR RESPONSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8798P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8798PRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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