- Date
- May 3, 1980
- Place
- Westrockhill, PA · WESTROCKHILL, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5110SPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800503011159A
- Case key
- 131331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0899 80/5/3 WESTROCKHILL,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 1629 TIME - 1445 N5110S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 414 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTROCKHILL,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5110S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private
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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.