- Date
- May 10, 1974
- Place
- Middlebury, VT · MIDDLEBURY, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9415NPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740510012149A
- Case key
- 125974
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1824 74/5/10 MIDDLEBURY,VT PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 711 TIME - 1915 N9415N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 529 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDDLEBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE PLAINS,NY BURLINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 3 CONNECTING ROD BOLTS BROKE.NR 4 CONNECTING ROD NUTS LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9415N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Middlebury
N9415NRegistered now · 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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