- Date
- February 21, 1965
- Place
- Clay Center, KS · CLAY CENTER, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7305KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0615 65/2/21 CLAY CENTER KANS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 552 TIME - 1500 N7305K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAY CENTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SUDDEN WIND GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7305K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clay Center
N7305KRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2023 · Piper PA-20-135Airframe modelPiper PA-20-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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