# NTSB Accident ATL96LA128
> **Piper PA-32-300** · 1996-09-19 · GEORGETOWN, SC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL96LA128
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06679
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-19
- **Location:** GEORGETOWN, SC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.360359, -79.289062
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32-300
- **Registration:** N9VM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure of maintenance personnel to comply with an airworthiness directive, requiring periodic magneto inspections; inadequate annual inspection of the airplane by (other) maintenance personnel; and subsequent failure of the impulse coupling in the left magneto, which resulted in a jammed magneto, failure of the idler and crankshaft gears, and subsequent loss of engine power.  The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.

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