- Date
- February 23, 1968
- Place
- Keene, TX · KEENE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8866PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0322 68/2/23 KEENE,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 4000 TIME - 1600 N8866P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S.WESTERN UNION 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 - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8866P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- S.Western Union
N8866PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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Other investigations on N8866P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI96LA012Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWakeeney, KSFailure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude and airspeed on final approach to reach the proper touchdown point for landing. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing.NTSB DEN77FTE25Accident · No injuriesClosedEckley, CO