- Date
- February 20, 1966
- Place
- Cheswold, DE · CHESWOLD, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6331WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0296 66/2/20 CHESWOLD DEL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N6331W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAWARE AIR PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28 N6851W SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.WIND SHIFTING AND GUSTING TO 13 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6331W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Delaware Air Park
N6331WRegistration cancelled Mar 5, 2022 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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