- Date
- April 28, 1968
- Place
- Beaufort, SC · BEAUFORT, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5808ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1169 68/4/28 BEAUFORT,SC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1200 N5808Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STUDENT OVERFLEW DEST,DOUBLED BACK,BUT DID NOT LAND. CONT FLT,BECAME LOST AGAIN.LND IN PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5808Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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