- Date
- December 17, 1966
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6438WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3950 66/12/17 NEWPORT NEWS VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N6438W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6438W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Patrick Henry