- Date
- December 29, 1965
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5572YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 65/12/29 RENO NEV PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N5572Y PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 6287 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.IMPROPER SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5572Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reno
N5572YRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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