- Date
- March 19, 1979
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N526FLPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790319010339A
- Case key
- 137047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0963 79/3/19 PITTSTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N526FL PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 66, 35000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- STUDENT PLT STATED HE CONTINUED TO FLY ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria
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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.