- Date
- April 8, 1966
- Place
- Cambridge Cty, IN · CAMBRIDGE CTY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5783WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0820 66/4/8 CAMBRIDGE CTY IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N5783W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON ROAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5783W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5783WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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