- Date
- March 16, 1975
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5778PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750316009879A
- Case key
- 148234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0793 75/3/16 CLEVELAND,OH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1526 N5778P PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 37, 4380 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 80 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEVELAND HOPKINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BUCKLED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE VORTEX TURBULENCE FROM B-727.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5778P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cleveland Hopkins
N5778PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5778P · 1
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