ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37109
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Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1988 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Type: | Piper PA-24-250 |
Owner/operator: | Herb Gossand |
Registration: | N6487P |
MSN: | 24-1606 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 15820 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-AIA |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Salem, IN -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | -183 |
Destination airport: | Hagerstown, MD (HGR) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:N6478P CRASHED DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR THE SALEM, IN, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 5 CONNECTING ROD CAP BOLT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE DURING THE APPROACH AND CRASHED 100 YARDS NORTH OF THE RUNWAY. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X24858 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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