- Date
- August 31, 1971
- Place
- Harlowton, MT · HARLOWTON, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4081PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4488 71/8/31 HARLOWTON,MONT PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N4081P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 1090 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 87 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARLOWTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MONT CHEYENNE,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DISTRIBUTOR BLKS ON BOTH MAGS OF L ENG DEFCTV.LNDD IN FLD,L ENG FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4081P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harlowton