- Date
- August 10, 1970
- Place
- Cottonport, LA · COTTONPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5717PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 70/8/10 COTTONPORT,LA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1068 TIME - 1330 N5717P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 615 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX COTTONPORT,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- MISTOOK COTTON TURN ROW FOR CROP DUSTER STRIP. HIT CHUCK HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5717P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5717PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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