- Date
- September 5, 1966
- Place
- Hot Springs, AR · HOT SPRINGS, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8157WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2343 66/9/5 HOT SPRINGS ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 11700 TIME - 1645 N8157W PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAMILTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8157W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Hamilton
N8157WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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