- Date
- July 28, 1969
- Place
- Advance, NC · ADVANCE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4944MPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2237 69/7/28 ADVANCE,NC PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N4944M PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRAWBERRY HILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT TIRE BLEW OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4944M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Strawberry Hill
N4944MRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N4944M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC84LA074Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBoonville, MOThe acft nosed over after landing. The plt said that the arpt manager told him that 'there is a valley that funnels the wind and has blown other acft the same way'. The plt said the only way to avoid this condition is to land farther down the rwy.NTSB FTW83LA146Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMartinsville, TXReportedly, the plt took off with 36 gallons of fuel on board, of which, 10 gals was automobile low lead fuel. The automobile fuel had been purchased from an off airport gasoline station, was transported to the acft in 5 gal cans, then added to the fuel tanks…