- Date
- October 23, 1964
- Place
- Ft Bragg, NC · FT BRAGG, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5342HPiper PA16
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3294 64/10/23 FT BRAGG NC PIPER PA16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 160 TIME - 1250 N5342H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-12 N2350M SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5342H
- Reported as
- Piper PA16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brown
N5342HRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2012 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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