- Date
- July 28, 1966
- Place
- Milesville, SD · MILESVILLE, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2639PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3054 66/7/28 MILESVILLE S DAK PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 618 TIME - 0900 N2639P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 173 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON A FARM PASTURE, NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A HOLE HIDDEN BY GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2639P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2639PRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 2012 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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