- Date
- July 23, 1968
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6817PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3532 68/7/23 SPOKANE,WASH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 380 TIME - 1340 N6817P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPOKANE INT. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PITCH CHANGING MECHANISM OF PROP FAILED. HIT SIGN POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6817P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spokane Int.
N6817PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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