Accident · 2007-09-06

NTSB case NYC07LA221 · Piper PA-23-250 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2007-09-06
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (N62BA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

The failure by unidentified maintenance personnel to follow appropriate procedures when attaching the No. 3 cylinder, which was replaced subsequent to the engine overhaul and not entered in the logbook, resulting in fatigue failures of the cylinder studs.

Source: NTSB case NYC07LA221

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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