- Date
- March 1, 1969
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3555KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0449 69/3/1 SOUTH BEND,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1840 N3555K PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 53, 5080 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 147 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOSEPH COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3555K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St.Joseph County
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