- Date
- May 20, 1969
- Place
- Plymouth, MI · PLYMOUTH, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9568HFairchild PT-26
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1871 69/5/20 PLYMOUTH,MICH FAIRCHILD PT-26 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 2949 TIME - 1830 N9568H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METTATAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT REPORTED TURBULENCE ON APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9568H
- Reported as
- Fairchild PT-26
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mettatal
N9568HRegistered now · Fairchild M-62A-3Airframe modelFairchild M-62A-3Engine modelFairchild 6-440 series
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