- Date
- January 27, 1971
- Place
- Fairfield, IA · FAIRFIELD, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6732YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0840 71/1/27 FAIRFIELD,IOWA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2300 N6732Y PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS 36, 4619 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1172 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA FAIRFIELD,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH L WHEEL IN SNOWBANK THAT WAS ALONG L SIDE OF RWY BETWEEN RWY LTS,RWY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6732Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfield