- Date
- July 7, 1968
- Place
- Lake Lure, NC · LAKE LURE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6137WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1905 68/7/7 LAKE LURE,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N6137W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE LURE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE REMARKS- LINING ON PISTON SIDE OF LEFT BRAKE MISSING. ALLBRAKE FLUID LOST FROM SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6137W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Lure
N6137WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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