- Date
- November 9, 1975
- Place
- Coatesville, PA · COATESVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8771NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751109040769A
- Case key
- 152216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3893 75/11/9 COATESVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1516 TIME - 1830 N8771N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1326 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - G O CARLSON CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANASSAS,VA CHESTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- REDUCED PWR EXPD SURGING ENG,FLUCTUATING RPM AND EGT SETTINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8771N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- G O Carlson Co
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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.