- Date
- March 2, 1966
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3630ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0800 66/3/2 FREDERICKSBURG VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1040 N3630Z PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3630Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shannon
N3630ZRegistration cancelled Dec 13, 2019 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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