- Date
- July 17, 1977
- Place
- Coulee City, WA · COULEE CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55653Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4130 77/7/17 NR.COULEE CITY,WA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5750 TIME - 1850 N55653 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1410 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OMAK,WA EPHRATA,WA COULEE DAM,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT GEAR RETAINING SCREW FAILED.GR DISENGAGED FM OTR ACCESSORY GEARS.LYC P/N STD-1937.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55653
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55653Registration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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