- Date
- October 24, 1979
- Place
- Troutdale, OR · TROUTDALE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2340DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791024035289A
- Case key
- 133652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3097 79/10/24 TROUTDALE,OR PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3292 TIME - 1650 N2340D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROUTDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROUTDALE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RAN INTO BOUNDARY FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2340D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Troutdale
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2340D · 1
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