- Date
- January 7, 1968
- Place
- Benkelman, NE · BENKELMAN, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4798HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1290 68/1/7 BENKELMAN,NEBR PIPER PA-11 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 120 TIME - 1315 N4798H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK HARD FROZEN GRND IN LT WING LOW,NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4798H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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