- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Fowltown, GA · FOWLTOWN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6139YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 70/7/18 FOWLTOWN,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 11500 TIME - 0712 N6139Y PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHATTAHOOCHEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CANON CITY,COLO CHATTAHOOCHEE,FLA MEMPHIS,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- GRASS APRX 12,14 INS HIGH ON RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6139Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chattahoochee
N6139YRegistration cancelled Oct 3, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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