- Date
- June 23, 1978
- Place
- Saratoga, WY · SARATOGA, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8635UPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1819 78/6/23 SARATOGA,WY PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 412 TIME - 1000 N8635U PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIVELY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARATOGA,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PURPOSE OF FLIGHT WAS TO DRY ACFT AFTER WASHING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8635U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shively Field