- Date
- August 5, 1979
- Place
- Newport, RI · NEWPORT, RI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62664Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790805022989A
- Case key
- 134714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2155 79/8/5 NEWPORT,RI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N62664 PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG 23, 1691 TOTAL HOURS, 46 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWPORT STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,RI BRIDGEPORT,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- #4 CYL TOP PLUG INSULATOR CRACKED & BROKEN OFF.LEAD BUILD UP IN SOME PLUGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62664
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newport State
N62664Registration cancelled Aug 21, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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