- Date
- January 14, 1968
- Place
- Bucyrus, OH · BUCYRUS, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5553ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0658 68/1/14 BUCYRUS,OHIO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N5553Z PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCYRUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- LANDED LEFT OF CENTER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5553Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bucyrus
N5553ZRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2011 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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