- Date
- April 7, 1966
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6717WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2371 66/4/7 PALM SPRINGS CAL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1710 N6717W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 685 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6717W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palm Springs Muni
N6717WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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