- Date
- December 27, 1969
- Place
- Cedartown, GA · CEDARTOWN, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3079PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4585 69/12/27 CEDARTOWN,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 520 TIME - 1630 N3079P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 470 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLK CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VILLA RICA,GA CEDARTOWN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- DROPPED IN FROM 10-15 FT ABOVE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3079P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Polk Co.