- Date
- August 15, 1972
- Place
- Hartwell, GA · HARTWELL, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6145PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2978 72/8/15 HARTWELL,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 5000 TIME - 0030 N6145P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HARTWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COVINGTON,GA HARTWELL,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED TALL WEEDS ON SIDE OF RUNWAY,ACFT VEERED OFF RWY INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6145P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Hartwell
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