- Date
- June 6, 1969
- Place
- Slaton, TX · SLATON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5552WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182976
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1258 69/6/6 SLATON,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N5552W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- HIT MESQUITE BUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5552W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5552WRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2003 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5552W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW87LA138Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNorman, OKWhile performing a touch and go landing, the aircraft landed hard causing a vibration in the engine area, and some loss of rudder control. The pilot flew by the tower and the tower indicated everything looked ok. On landing roll the nose gear failed causing…NTSB FTW75DPJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedGoldsby, OK