- Date
- February 16, 1969
- Place
- Oswego, KS · OSWEGO, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1816PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0520 69/2/16 OSWEGO,KANS PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 1630 N1816P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- L FRONT LFT STRUT FAILED.DUE TO SVR CORROSION DMG ON INSIDE LWR STRUT WALL.ANNUAL INSP APRIL 1968.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1816P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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