- Date
- September 19, 1969
- Place
- Carroll, IA · CARROLL, IA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5540JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3970 69/9/19 CARROLL,IOWA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 68 TOTAL TIME - 2130 N5540J PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARTHUR N NEU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARROLL,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LWR SECTION OF L WING SPAR RECEIVED SEVERE COMPRESSION LOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5540J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arthur N Neu
N5540JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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