- Date
- August 23, 1978
- Place
- Kailua-Kona, HI · KAILUA-KONA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8898EPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780823030979A
- Case key
- 139715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2833 78/8/23 KAILUA-KONA,HI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N8898E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KE-AHOLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAILUA-KONA,HI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS 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- ENGINE RAN OK AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8898E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ke-Ahole
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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.