- Date
- February 4, 1965
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1668APiper PA22
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0165 65/2/4 GILLETTE WY PIPER PA22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N1668A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1668A
- Reported as
- Piper PA22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette Mun
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