- Date
- May 6, 1969
- Place
- Isabel Segunda, PR · ISABEL SEGUNDA, PR
- Injuries
- 6 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5543JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1749 69/5/6 ISABEL SEGUNDA,PR PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 960 TIME - 1500 N5543J PX- 0 5 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 179 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA DE VIEQUES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- L TIRE BLEW ON LDG,ACFT SWERVED OFF RNWY INTO TALL GRASS,HIT TREE ON OCEAN BANK,SANK INVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5543J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Isla De Vieques
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