- Date
- January 7, 1965
- Place
- Jamestown, SC · JAMESTOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6242PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0033 65/1/7 JAMESTOWN SC PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 220 TIME - 1650 N6242P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6242P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6242PRegistration cancelled May 8, 2015 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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