- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33CGPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112000569A
- Case key
- 187204
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0074 74/1/12 WICHITA,KANS PIPER PA-31P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1220 N33CG PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 48, 3681 TOTAL HOURS, 123 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD IN DRIFTED SNOW ADJ TO RWY.PLT RECOGNIZED ERROR TOO LATE TO MAKE A GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33CG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Piper
N33CGRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Piper PA-31PAirframe modelPiper PA-31PEngine modelLycoming TIGO-541SER
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N33CG · 1
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