- Date
- December 18, 1975
- Place
- Greenville, PA · GREENVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2766RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4086 75/12/18 GREENVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 211 TIME - 1400 N2766R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,NY COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 CONROD BEARING CAP AND BOLTS BKN.ENG S/N L6487-51A.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2766R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2766RRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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