- Date
- May 22, 1973
- Place
- York Haven, PA · YORK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5012SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730522015739A
- Case key
- 190400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1346 73/5/22 YORK HAVEN,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 432 TIME - 1415 N5012S PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YORK HAVEN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG RPM DROPPED,ENG ROUGH.NRS 182&4 PLUGS FOULED,NO SPARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5012S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
N5012SRegistration cancelled Apr 19, 2007 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5012S · 1
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