- Date
- September 28, 1968
- Place
- Morningview, KY · MORNINGVIEW, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3542APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3678 68/9/28 MORNINGVIEW,KY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 36, TIME - 0830 N3542A PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 300 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- ACFT WAS NOT AIRWORTHY DUE TO BELOW STANDARD FABRIC.PLT LANDED IN FIELD IN BELIEF FABRIC HAD TORN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3542A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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