- Date
- August 8, 1972
- Place
- Fort Scott, KS · FORT SCOTT, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6550YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2041 72/8/8 FORT SCOTT,KANS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 9954 TIME - 2115 N6550Y PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT SCOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDENCE,KANS FORT SCOTT,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/9/72.SPARSE LTG IN AREA.PLT RECYCLED GR ON FINAL.FLEW TRNG FLT PRIOR,MINIMUM REST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6550Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fort Scott
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