- Date
- December 15, 1966
- Place
- Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3139PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4242 66/12/15 MADISON WIS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2030 N3139P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 32, 3237 TOTAL HOURS, 300 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT DUAL STUDENT - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- INST TOOK CTLS TO TAXI BY PRKD ACFT,THEN RETURNED CTLS TO STUDENT WHO DID NOT UNDERSTND OR RESPND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3139P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truax Field
N3139PRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper PA-23-150Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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