- Date
- July 11, 1970
- Place
- Chilo, OH · CHILO, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5278PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2967 70/7/11 CHILO,OHIO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 219 TIME - 1445 N5278P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELDAHL DAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUNKEN ARPT,OHIO CHILO,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE REMARKS- MASTER CYL O RING,PN 484 700,FOUND BROKEN.ACFT ROLLED PAST END OF 2000FT STEEL MAT RWY,HIT CISTERN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5278P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meldahl Dam
N5278PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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