- Date
- June 18, 1968
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1535PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2172 68/6/18 TOPEKA,KANS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 250 TIME - 2045 N1535P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILIP BALLARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES 60 FT ABOVE RIVER AT DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1535P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Philip Ballard
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