- Date
- November 13, 1971
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8598NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3438 71/11/13 TUCSON,ARIZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 107 TIME - 1720 N8598N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLCOX,ARIZ TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED BY CALL FROM OTHER ACFT ON CLOSE FINAL APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8598N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
N8598NRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2007 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8598N · 1
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