- Date
- April 4, 1976
- Place
- Alturas, CA · ALTURAS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1092PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760404013329A
- Case key
- 153921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1151 76/4/4 NR.ALTURAS,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 15422 TIME - 1930 N1092P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2964 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALTURAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTURAS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR 4 CYL CONROD BOLTS FAILED,L ENG. UN CLR MTN RIDGE,LND IN BRUSH & TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1092P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Alturas
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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.