- Date
- September 15, 1970
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5839WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3934 70/9/15 SALISBURY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1705 N5839W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC SALISBURY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5839W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rowan County
N5839WRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5839W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.