- Date
- December 25, 1972
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5469PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4108 72/12/25 CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 477 TIME - 1601 N5469P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 456 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARINDA,IOWA CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- ACFT T/D APRX 150 FT SHORT OF RWY.PLT AWRE OF ACFT ICE,ADVSD GND CTC EXTDD FLAPS UN CK DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5469P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Mun
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