- Date
- August 9, 1967
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4181WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4765 67/8/9 KETCHIKAN,ALAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 4000 TIME - 1600 N4181W PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN SPB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- STRUCK BOAT WAKE.REAR WING TO FUSELAGE ATTACH BOLT TOO SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4181W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ketchikan Spb
N4181WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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