- Date
- December 28, 1968
- Place
- Hampton, IA · HAMPTON, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4866MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4483 68/12/28 HAMPTON,IOWA PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N4866M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1430 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) REMARKS- LEFT SKI FAILED. PLT HAD INSTALLED HIS OWN SKIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4866M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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