- Date
- April 18, 1969
- Place
- Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3347APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1559 69/4/18 MADISON,WIS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 253 TIME - 1355 N3347A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 32K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3347A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truax
N3347ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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