- Date
- July 25, 1967
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5979YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4304 67/7/25 KANSAS CITY,MO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1014 TIME - 1800 N5979Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 264 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSOS CITY MUNIC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5979Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kansos City Munic
N5979YRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5979Y · 2
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