- Date
- November 2, 1971
- Place
- Culebra Town, PR · CULEBRA TOWN, PR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3495PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3914 71/11/2 CULEBRA TOWN,PR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 210 TIME - 1405 N3495P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULEBRA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR CULEBRA TOWN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SURROUNDING TRRN DICTATED DOWNWIND LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3495P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Culebra
N3495PRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2018 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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