- Date
- May 22, 1966
- Place
- Whitman, NE · WHITMAN, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4832MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2602 66/5/22 WHITMAN NEBR PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 525 TIME - 1605 N4832M PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 325 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4832M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4832MRegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Piper PA-11Airframe modelPiper PA-11Engine modelContinental C90 series
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