- Date
- December 11, 1969
- Place
- Clinton, MD · CLINTON, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9879WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4489 69/12/11 CLINTON,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N9879W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 1328 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 375 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCE GEORGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-MOMENTARILY LOST GRND CONTACT. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- LANDED ON RNWY,NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9879W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Prince George
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