- Date
- March 18, 1966
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7348YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172827
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1909 66/3/18 ST PETERSBURG FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 41, 777 TIME - 0909 N7348Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST PETERSBURG-CLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- TAKE OFF MADE WITH LEFT ENGINE INOPERATIVE, PROPELLER UNFEATHERED, IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7348Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Petersburg-Cle
N7348YRegistration cancelled Jun 1, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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