- Date
- October 23, 1970
- Place
- Cassville, MO · CASSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8161YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4093 70/10/23 CASSVILLE,MO PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1315 N8161Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 33, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 640 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMBERLINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRINGFIELD,MO CASSVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- LND ON RWY TOO SHORT FOR EXISTING COND. LONGER RWY,BUT DOWNSLOPE,WAS AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8161Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Timberline
N8161YRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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