- Date
- August 15, 1968
- Place
- Tribune, KS · TRIBUNE, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9206PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2150 68/8/15 TRIBUNE,KANS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 466 TIME - 1130 N9206P PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LT WING CAUGHT IN HIGH WEEDS,EDGE OF FARM ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9206P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9206PRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2021 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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