- Date
- March 5, 1973
- Place
- Snyder, TX · SNYDER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N330ECPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730305004739A
- Case key
- 169926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0397 73/3/5 SNYDER,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N330EC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 31, 2765 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 125 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINSTON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG SPRING,TEX SNYDER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NO EVIDENCE OF BRAKE MALFUNCTION.3 SKID MARKS ON RWY ABT 300FT IN LENGTH PRIOR TO END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N330EC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Winston Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.