- Date
- April 25, 1979
- Place
- King City, CA · KING CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7318DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790425011549A
- Case key
- 135325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1789 79/4/25 NR.KING CITY,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1310 TIME - 1000 N7318D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 403 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MESA DEL REY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRENCE,CA SAN JOSE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED W POSTS,WIRES,& VINES DRG FORCED LNDG IN VINEYARD.NO2 CON ROD,P/N 74502,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7318D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mesa Del Rey
N7318DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.