- Date
- April 8, 1967
- Place
- West Liberty, KY · WEST LIBERTY, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5894WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1113 67/4/8 WEST LIBERTY KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1835 N5894W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST LIBERTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 55 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LANDING GEAR STRUCK EXPOSED RUNWAY LIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5894W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Liberty
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