- Date
- August 24, 1969
- Place
- Nacogdoches, TX · NACOGDOCHES, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7001KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154351
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3677 69/8/24 NACOGDOCHES,TEX PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N7001K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEL RENTZEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LUFKIN,TEX NACOGDOCHES,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DRG LVL OFF ACFT DRIFTED TO SIDE OF RUNWAY.PREVIOUS FLT EXP IN TRICYCLE GR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7001K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Del Rentzel
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Other investigations on N7001K · 1
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