- Date
- August 28, 1970
- Place
- Madisonville, KY · MADISONVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5992YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3583 70/8/28 MADISONVILLE,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1008 TIME - 0030 N5992Y PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 496 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISONVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWENSBORO,KY MADISONVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 FOG CALM WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RWY LTS NOT INSTALLED,RWY MARKED BY 2 SMUDGE POTS AT ENDS.MISSED 2 APCHS T/D 3RD.7.8HR LAST 24HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5992Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Madisonville
N5992YRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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