- Date
- November 10, 1973
- Place
- Lake Como, FL · LAKE COMO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8868YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731110038589A
- Case key
- 188010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3565 73/11/10 LAKE COMO,FLA PIPER PA-39 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 870 TIME - 0900 N8868Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUNDERBIRD AIRPK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALATKA,FLA LAKE COMO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- AT ABT 7-8FT ABV RWY PLT RDCD PWR ACFT DROPPED IN ON R GR.WING DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8868Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thunderbird Airpk
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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.
Other investigations on N8868Y · 1
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