- Date
- July 28, 1972
- Place
- Rio, WI · RIO, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5450WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2806 72/7/28 RIO,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1000 TIME - 1930 N5450W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COWGILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIO,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS REMARKS- RAN OFF RWY,HIT TRUCK.FOREIGN MATTER ON O-RING OF WHEEL CYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5450W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cowgill
N5450WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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