- Date
- May 28, 1965
- Place
- Imperial, NE · IMPERIAL, NE
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2661PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0298 65/5/28 IMPERIAL NEBR PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 139 TIME - 0639 N2661P PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IMPERIAL MUNCIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT DURING PREFLIGHT INSP FAILED TO NOTICE THAT RUDDER HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Imperial Muncipal
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