- Date
- April 17, 1971
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5376YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1234 71/4/17 NORWOOD,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 65, 3766 TIME - 1340 N5376Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 273 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUTLER,PA NORWOOD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- L ENG LOST PWR ON SHRT FNL,ACFT YAWED L,PLT ADD PWR BOTH THROTTLES.ACFT LEFT THE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5376Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood
N5376YRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2010 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.