- Date
- May 20, 1969
- Place
- Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9004JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2885 69/5/20 PENSACOLA,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 191 TIME - 1910 N9004J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENSACOLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA PENSACOLA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- EXAM OF ACFT REVEALED APRXLY 6 GALS FUEL IN L TANK,10 GALS R TANK.5 ARPTS WITHIN 15 MILES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9004J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pensacola
N9004JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N9004J · 1
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