- Date
- February 16, 1973
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1021UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730216009349A
- Case key
- 170456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1502 73/2/16 VERO BEACH,FLA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1025 N1021U PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 39, 6310 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 83 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FLA 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- AFT WING ASSEMBLY & GR ATTACH POINT FLT TEST.NOSE GR COLLAPSED.STALLED ACFT ABT 10FT OVR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1021U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vero Beach Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.