- Date
- May 11, 1969
- Place
- Farmville, VA · FARMVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7746DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1254 69/5/11 FARMVILLE,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 489 TIME - 0955 N7746D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARMVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- BRAKE CABLE FAILED AT BOTTOM PULLEY,INTNTL GROUND LOOP BY PLT TO AVOID STEEP GRADE AT END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7746D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Farmville
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