- Date
- May 31, 1966
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6168SAir-Space 18A
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0525 66/5/31 PITTSBURGH PA AIR-SPACE 18A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 356 TIME - 1400 N6168S PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 57 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT LANDED WITH RT.QUSTY CROSSWIND WITH SMALL TAILWIND COMPONENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6168S
- Reported as
- Air-Space 18A
- Category
- Gyroplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
N6168SRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 1970 · Air & Space America 18AAirframe modelAir & Space America 18A
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