- Date
- September 14, 1965
- Place
- Akron, CO · AKRON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6969KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2612 65/9/14 AKRON COLO PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 158 TIME - 0930 N6969K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 70 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- CROSSWIND GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6969K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington
N6969KRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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