- Date
- November 16, 1970
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4149WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4185 70/11/16 INDIANAPOLIS,IND PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 112 TIME - 1935 N4149W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR-COOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,ILL INDIANAPOLIS,IND 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT HAD 4 HRS NITE TIME,NONE IN TYPE ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4149W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weir-Cook
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