- Date
- April 25, 1968
- Place
- Findlay, OH · FINDLAY, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5752YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0983 68/4/25 FINDLAY,OHIO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 642 TIME - 1700 N5752Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINDLAY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO FLY INTO RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5752Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Findlay
N5752YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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