- Date
- March 3, 1976
- Place
- Lihue, HI · LIHUE, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8934NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760303006429A
- Case key
- 152935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0772 76/3/3 LIHUE,HI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4317 TIME - 1323 N8934N PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 733 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIHUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIHUE,HI HONOLULU,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT T/D 3 TIMES,NOSE GR FAILED.NO MALF FND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8934N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lihue
N8934NRegistration cancelled Feb 17, 2017 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8934N · 1
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