- Date
- November 12, 1971
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4953LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4037 71/11/12 INDIANAPOLIS,IND PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 247 TIME - 2310 N4953L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR COOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC INDIANAPOLIS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT VEERED L OFF RWY,HIT TAXI SIGN.R GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4953L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weir Cook
N4953LRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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