- Date
- May 9, 1968
- Place
- Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3339PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1402 68/5/9 CHANTILLY,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1077 TIME - 0030 N3339P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 576 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- STRUCK 25 FT POLE 3500 FT SHORT OF RNWY. CONTINUED FLT,LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3339P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dulles
N3339PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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