- Date
- May 22, 1973
- Place
- Caldwell, ID · CALDWELL, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N69FPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730522013129A
- Case key
- 190020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2255 73/5/22 CALDWELL,ID PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 788 TIME - 1915 N69F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT DID NOT REMOVE MASKING TAPE FM CARB AIR FILTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caldwell
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.