- Date
- April 7, 1971
- Place
- Ankeny, IA · ANKENY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4571HPiper PA-15
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1174 71/4/7 ANKENY,IOWA PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 355 TIME - 1600 N4571H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEXAUER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANKENY,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 30DEG X-WIND GUSTING 20K. PLT HAD ONLY 15 MINUTES IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4571H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sexauer Field
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