- Date
- October 14, 1972
- Place
- No.Myrtle Bch, GA · NO.MYRTLE BCH, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6281YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0868 72/10/14 NO.MYRTLE BCH,GA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3800 TIME - 0315 N6281Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.PETERSBURG,FLA WILMINGTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- WINGS,PROPS,NOSE GR DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6281Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Myrtle Beach
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