- Date
- December 2, 1966
- Place
- Buffalo, TX · BUFFALO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4803APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3774 66/12/2 BUFFALO TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 61 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N4803A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON UNFAMILIAR,UNIMPROVED,ROLLING AIRSTRIP.ACFT OVERTURNED AFTER NOSEWHEEL STRUCK HOLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4803A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longs Ranch
N4803ARegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2018 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 N4803A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.