- Date
- December 28, 1968
- Place
- Velva, ND · VELVA, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78816Piper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4778 68/12/28 NR.VELVA,N DAK PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 199 TIME - 1600 N78816 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK SNOW COVERED ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78816
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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