- Date
- November 21, 1970
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3033PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4614 70/11/21 TUCSON,ARIZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1600 TIME - 0900 N3033P PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RYAN FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- DMG TO BELLY,LDG GR,WNGS,AND ENG NACELLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3033P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ryan Fld
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