- Date
- July 19, 1979
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8250PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790719022449I
- Case key
- 133866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0031 79/7/19 PITTSBURGH,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 3000 TIME - 1154 N8250P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALLIPOLIS,OH FULTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOOSE CLAMP ON INTAKE MANIFOLD TUBE #5 CYL,ATTACH BOLT MSNG.PLT SUFFERED FM LG VESTIGIAL ANEURYSM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8250P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Greater Pitt
N8250PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8250P · 1
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