- Date
- August 20, 1969
- Place
- Mt Vernon, IN · MT VERNON, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5582PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3629 69/8/20 MT VERNON,IND PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 560 TIME - 1530 N5582P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT VERNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAUFORD,SC MT VERNON,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RNWY BADLY RUTTED,WITH RISES AND DEPRESSIONS TO A DEPTH OF 4 TO 6 INCHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5582P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Vernon
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