- Date
- December 20, 1973
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8476PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731220040299A
- Case key
- 187553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3845 73/12/20 WILMINGTON,DEL PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 2306 TIME - 1500 N8476P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1825 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL MIDDLETOWN,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 9500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT RTRND TO ILG DUE WX AT DEST.ENCTRD GND FOG AND FEAR OF RUNNING INTO MEN AND EQPT,GND LOOPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8476P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingtn
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.