ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 372519
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Date: | Friday 31 July 1987 |
Time: | 07:10 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-25-235 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N7532Z |
MSN: | 253576 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3750 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-B2B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Columbus, NE -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Battlecreek, NE |
Destination airport: | Utica, NE |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PIC WAS POSITIONING HIS AG ACFT FOR A SPRAY JOB WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD A PBLM WITH THE ENG. A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG WAS DECIDED ON, BUT THE LNDG RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DMGE TO THE ACFT. A SPRAY PUMP, POSND BENEATH THE ENG COWLING WHICH ROTATES BY MEANS OF A WOODEN PROPELLER HAD FAILED GIVING THE PIC THE IMPRESSION THAT HE HAD SUSTAINED A PARTIAL ENG FAILURE. DESPITE THE VIBRATION, THE ACFT WAS CAPABLE OF FLYING TO THE PROPOSED DESTINATION.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MKC87LA150 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MKC87LA150
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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