- Date
- September 24, 1977
- Place
- Monroeville, PA · MONROEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41491Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770924032939A
- Case key
- 201254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3325 77/9/24 MONROEVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 619 TIME - 0945 N41491 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONROEVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SYSTEM,MAGNETOS,ENGINE CONTROL LINKAGES WERE CHECKED OK.INTNTL LNDG IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41491
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroeville
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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.