- Date
- June 20, 1968
- Place
- Scottsboro, AL · SCOTTSBORO, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4970ZPiper PA-22N6370ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109720
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 68/6/20 SCOTTSBORO,ALA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 350 TIME - 1730 N6370E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- N4970Z LANDED ON EMPENNAGE OF N6370E.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 68/6/20 SCOTTSBORO,ALA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 32 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N4970Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSBORO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- N4970Z MADE NO FLAP APPROACH,LANDED ON EMPENNAGE OF N6370E.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4970Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsboro
N4970ZRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N6370E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsboro