- Date
- October 1, 1974
- Place
- N Amityville, NY · N AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N333RGPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741001033599A
- Case key
- 143012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3722 74/10/1 N AMITYVILLE,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 755 TIME - 1345 N333RG PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION N AMITYVILLE,NY TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: STARTERS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- STARTER FOUND ABLE TO REMAIN ENGAGED,REASON NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333RG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zahns
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.