- Date
- September 29, 1972
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC · RIDGELAND, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8746DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2659 72/9/29 RIDGELAND,SC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 472 TIME - 1900 N8746D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIDGELAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA RIDGELAND,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- CABLE BROKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8746D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ridgeland Muni
N8746DRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2007 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelNONE
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