- Date
- July 22, 1969
- Place
- Corbin, KY · CORBIN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4754PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166833
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3259 69/7/22 CORBIN,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1600 TIME - 0700 N4754P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORBIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOMERSET,KY LONDON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- LONDON ARPT IFR.LNDD CORBIN ON LAST 600FT DOWN SLOPE RWY.HILL APRX 400FT HIGH ABT 600FT S OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4754P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corbin
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