- Date
- April 26, 1966
- Place
- Albion, IL · ALBION, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7966YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172013
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3970 66/4/26 ALBION ILL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1222 TIME - 1700 N7966Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WX CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED WERE FORECASTED.PLT REFUELED AT LOUISVLE,KY.RCVD.WX BRIEFING BEFORE T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7966Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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