- Date
- April 16, 1968
- Place
- Silver Lake, OR · SILVER LAKE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7234YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3888 68/4/16 SILVER LAKE,OREG PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1522 TIME - 1230 N7234Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LOW AIR CHARGE OF 6 PSIG IN RT PROP,CAUSE UNDETERMINED. PLT UNABLE TO FEATHER PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7234Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Farm Strip
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