- Date
- April 30, 1969
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8670PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1310 69/4/30 BIG SPRING,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 233 TIME - 1400 N8670P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWARD COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED PAX TO LAND ACFT. PORPOISED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8670P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Howard County
N8670PRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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 N8670P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA88LA266Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPunta Gorda, FLThe plt was returning from VFR xc flt during which many climbs, descents & detours were made to avoid adverse wx & maintain VFR. He stated the strong headwinds considerably reduced his grndspeed. At his 1st intended ldg arpt, strong gusty x-winds made the…NTSB FTW66F0077Accident · No injuriesClosedTulsa, OK