- Date
- April 12, 1978
- Place
- Lakeland, FL · LAKELAND, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55296Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780412008799A
- Case key
- 142405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1099 78/4/12 LAKELAND,FL PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 3061 TIME - 1115 N55296 PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MC COLLUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELBOURNE,FL LAKELAND,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55296
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mc Collum
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N55296 · 1
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