- Date
- July 21, 1969
- Place
- Salisbury, MO · SALISBURY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1164CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3229 69/7/21 SALISBURY,MO PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1945 N1164C PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRESTON,IOWA CENTERVILLE,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- BECAME LOST, LND IN FLD. STRUCK DITCH OBSURED BY WHEAT 8 INCHES HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1164C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1164CRegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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