- Date
- March 29, 1968
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7991YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111691
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0638 68/3/29 ALEXANDRIA,LA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 437 TIME - 1922 N7991Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 187 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESSLER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7991Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Essler
N7991YRegistration cancelled Dec 21, 2001 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N7991Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW99LA154Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMcalester, OKThe pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane while attempting to avoid power lines. Factors were the loss of power on both the left and right engines as a result of water contamination in the fuel system, the pilot's inadequate preflight procedures, and the…NTSB CHI74 EM04Accident · No injuriesClosedWest Branch, MI