- Date
- November 30, 1969
- Place
- Rockwall, TX · ROCKWALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4544APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144807
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4486 69/11/30 ROCKWALL,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 996 TIME - 1830 N4544A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 276 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKWALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX ROCKWALL,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED REMARKS- UNLIGHTED ARPT,RAN OVER A SMALL EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4544A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rockwall
N4544ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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