- Date
- September 14, 1980
- Place
- Montgomeryvill, PA · MONTGOMERYVILL, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5055FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800914041979A
- Case key
- 128643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2913 80/9/14 MONTGOMERYVILL,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 713 TIME - 1120 N5055F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 624 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERYVILL,PA BALLY,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5055F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turner
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5055F · 1
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