- Date
- February 15, 1966
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5727ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0110 66/2/15 KANSAS CITY MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0910 N5727Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 8200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING HIS RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FOR AVOIDING VORTEX TURBULENCE DURING LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5727Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kansas City Muni
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