- Date
- December 24, 1967
- Place
- Georgetown, KY · GEORGETOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5873WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4557 67/12/24 GEORGETOWN,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 154 TIME - 1745 N5873W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARSHALL FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- APPROACHING DARKNESS.ACFT STRUCK UNLIGHTED RNWY MARKER.LND TO RT OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5873W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marshall Field
N5873WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5873W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.