- Date
- June 6, 1971
- Place
- Dorset, OH · DORSET, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5359HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1853 71/6/6 DORSET,OHIO PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 188 TIME - 0700 N5359H PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHTABULA,OHIO NEW CASTLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- ON GO-AROUND,PLT FELT UNABLE TO GO OVER TREES.ABORTED,HIT ANTHILL HIDDEN BY GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5359H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen
N5359HRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2016 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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