- Date
- May 15, 1966
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9172DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1216 66/5/15 AMARILLO TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 115 TIME - 1515 N9172D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALO DURO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9172D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palo Duro
N9172DRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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