- Date
- March 13, 1971
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5623HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0794 71/3/13 GREENSBORO,NC PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1890 TIME - 1524 N5623H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLTS TOTAL FLT TIME THIS MAKE AND MODEL 40MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5623H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greensboro
N5623HRegistration cancelled Aug 9, 2010 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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