- Date
- November 22, 1970
- Place
- Florence, SC · FLORENCE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8552PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4207 70/11/22 FLORENCE,SC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 138 TIME - 1700 N8552P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLORENCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLORENCE,SC LOCAL 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT ON NOSE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8552P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Florence
N8552PRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2020 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8552P · 4
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