- Date
- September 8, 1968
- Place
- Rangely, CO · RANGELY, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3966TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3386 68/9/8 RANGELY,COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1000 TIME - 1930 N3966T PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANGELY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3966T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rangely
N3966TRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 2011 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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