- Date
- May 6, 1966
- Place
- Sutherlin, OR · SUTHERLIN, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5744HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0289 66/5/6 SUTHERLIN ORE PIPER PA-16 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N5744H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 41, 4113 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5744H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Municipal
N5744HRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2020 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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