- Date
- April 1, 1966
- Place
- Nitta Yuma, MS · NITTA YUMA, MS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6438PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0657 66/4/1 NITTA YUMA MISS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 12000 TIME - 1800 N6438P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A PLOWED AREA AJACENT TO THE RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6438P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Davis
N6438PRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6438P · 1
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