- Date
- September 21, 1965
- Place
- Ely, VT · ELY, VT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N98918Piper PA12S
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0664 65/9/21 ELY VT PIPER PA12S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1155 N98918 PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1007 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POST MILLS AIRFLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FORCED LANDING OF FLOATPLANE ON SOD RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98918
- Reported as
- Piper PA12S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Post Mills Airfld
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.