- Date
- August 17, 1966
- Place
- Townsend, GA · TOWNSEND, GA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5307PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2488 66/8/17 TOWNSEND GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 900 TIME - 1810 N5307P PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 880 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORESTRY STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT GEAR TORQUE LINKS CENTER BOLT FAILED. PASSENGERS INCLUDED THREE SMALL CHILDREN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5307P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forestry Strip
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