- Date
- April 17, 1970
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5926UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1852 70/4/17 TOPEKA,KANS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1659 N5926U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILIP BILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- PLT APPLIED L BRAKE,RUDDER DRG SWERVE TO L.WINDS VBL 70-110DEG,6-16K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5926U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philip Billard
N5926URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.