- Date
- October 31, 1966
- Place
- Delavan, WI · DELAVAN, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8952PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3552 66/10/31 DELAVAN WIS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N8952P PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 29, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE LAWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 35 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LANDED DUE TO OPEN BAGAGE DOOR.NO FLAP LDG MADE IN 25 KT X-WIND.ACFT.GRDLOOPED TO AVOID FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8952P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Lawn
N8952PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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