- Date
- June 2, 1970
- Place
- Dighton, KS · DIGHTON, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3911PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2307 70/6/2 NR.DIGHTON,KANS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 73, 170 TIME - 0930 N3911P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,COLO ATCHISON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- BECAME LOST. LND IN PLOWED FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3911P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3911PRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2010 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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