- Date
- May 18, 1964
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6646PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1329 64/5/18 BIRMINGHAM ALA PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 325 TIME - 2100 N6646P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR DOWELL SHEARED. PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6646P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6646PRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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