- Date
- November 9, 1977
- Place
- Binghampton, NY · BINGHAMPTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43731Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771109036749A
- Case key
- 145625
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3630 77/11/9 NR.BINGHAMPTON,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1712 N43731 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 4734 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1090 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOME COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BINGHAMPTON,NY WILKES BARRE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 PISTON ROD CAP SEPARATED INDICATING FAILURE OF ROD BOLTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43731
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Broome County
N43731Registered 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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Other investigations on N43731 · 1
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