- Date
- November 18, 1975
- Place
- Lummi Island, WA · LUMMI ISLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8155DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751118039259A
- Case key
- 201317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4043 75/11/18 LUMMI ISLAND,WA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 588 TIME - 1350 N8155D PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLERS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUMMI ISLAND,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB INLET SCREEN CLOGGED WITH LEAVES. OPEN AREA NEARBY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8155D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Millers Field
N8155DRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2009 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8155D · 1
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