Piper PA-28 N8881W

5 February 1970 · MacOn, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 February 1970 at about 10:45 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N8881W was involved in an accident during in flight near MacOn, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 February 1970 at 10:45
Classification: Accident
Location: MacOn, Georgia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N8881W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Elgin, Ill
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0253

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SWALLOWED EXHAUST VALVE NR 2 CYL.CAUSED BROKEN PISTON/ROD.INTNTL HARD LDG TO AVOID CARS ON ROAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0253, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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