CHI73DEP68

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Tigerton, WI · June 26, 1973

Accident · Minor injuriesClosed
Date
June 26, 1973
Place
Tigerton, WI · TIGERTON, WI
Injuries
1 minor, 1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9287PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report August 9, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19730626018449A
Case key
173532

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1665  73/6/26    TIGERTON,WIS        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 282
        TIME - 1850                    N9287P              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOSINEE,WIS                 TIGERTON,WIS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- UNIMPROVED FLD COLLIDED WITH FENCE STRUCK SOME SMALL BOULDERS AND A TREE.FLD LENGTH 1580FT.

Aircraft

Registration
N9287P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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