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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA23 · St Petersburg, FL · August 25, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 25, 1964
Place
St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N1201PPiper PA23
Status
Completed · report November 4, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
181912

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2622  64/8/25    ST PETERSBURG FLA   PIPER PA23          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 350
        TIME - 1740                    N1201P              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT WHITTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.

Aircraft

Registration
N1201P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Albert Whitted

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.