- Date
- December 26, 1965
- Place
- Dothan, AL · DOTHAN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5204PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3832 65/12/26 DOTHAN ALA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N5204P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 340 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOTHAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5204P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dothan
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