- Date
- June 25, 1972
- Place
- Warden, WA · WARDEN, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9168DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2378 72/6/25 WARDEN,WASH PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 190 TIME - 1600 N9168D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARDEN,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ROUGH ENG,NO MALF FOUND.WIND GUSTY,SLID OFF GRAVEL ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9168D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9168DRegistration cancelled May 21, 2018 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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