- Date
- May 22, 1977
- Place
- Totowa, NJ · TOTOWA, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15377Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770522013869A
- Case key
- 147579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1453 77/5/22 TOTOWA,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 489 TIME - 1700 N15377 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR LOCKS,CT FARMINGDALE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYL PISTON PIN FAILED AND FRACTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15377
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N15377Registered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N15377 · 1
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