- Date
- April 19, 1973
- Place
- Seminole, FL · SEMINOLE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3385BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730419010289A
- Case key
- 170452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1498 73/4/19 SEMINOLE,FLA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N3385B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEMINOLE LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEMINOLE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DRG LDG ROLL,BRAKES APPEARED SOFT.APPLIED BRAKES ABOUT 2 MORE TIMES,WHEELS LOCKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3385B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seminole Lake
N3385BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3385B · 1
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