Piper PA-23 N1365P

26 October 1973 · Terre Haute, Indiana, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 26 October 1973 at about 12:30 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N1365P, operated by Brown's Flying, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 October 1973 at 12:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport: Sky King
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N1365P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Brown's Flying
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3122

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	0

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

FAILED LEFT ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP HAD APR 2875 HOURS WITHOUT OVERHAUL.PROP NOT FEA, BOOST PUMP OFF.

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 3-3122, 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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