- Date
- January 11, 1966
- Place
- Cleveland, MS · CLEVELAND, MS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8556PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0023 66/1/11 CLEVELAND MISS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 595 TIME - 1030 N8556P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8556P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8556PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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