- Date
- May 2, 1967
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7347YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0609 67/5/2 TUCSON,ARIZ PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1500 TIME - 0655 N7347Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE REMARKS- LANDING BEHIND LANDING 707 ACFT.TWR ADVISED POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7347Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tucson Intl
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