- Date
- August 9, 1966
- Place
- Chitina, AK · CHITINA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7357WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121738
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2944 66/8/9 CHITINA ALAS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N7357W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 613 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK ROCK VEERING INTO ROUGH AREA.RIGHT WHEEL AND STRUT SEPARATED.PILOT LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7357W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7357WRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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