- Date
- January 17, 1967
- Place
- Rensselaer, IN · RENSSELAER, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6347WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0135 67/1/17 RENSSELAER,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N6347W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JASPER COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT CROSS WIND 90 DEGREES 25 KNOTS,GUSTING TO 35 KNOTS.OTHER RUNWAY INTO THE WIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6347W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jasper County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6347W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI83FA080Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportGlenview, ILDuring a long final approach to o'hare intl arpt the eng quit at 1,900 ft MSL. The plt was over a residential area but found a short field in which to land. The left main landing gear separated & then the left wing separated. The fuel selector was found…NTSB CHI67F0236Accident · No injuriesClosedHobart, INNTSB UNK65X0933Accident · No injuriesClosedHobart, IN