- Date
- November 8, 1964
- Place
- Ft Worth, TX · FT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2181PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181650
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3435 64/11/8 FT WORTH TEX PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 3000 TIME - 0100 N2181P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK GROVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: LINES,HOSES,FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT FEATHERED LEFT ENG. UNABLE TO UNFEATHER. PROPELLER GOVERNOR OIL LINE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2181P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oak Grove
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