- Date
- April 16, 1966
- Place
- Rancocas, NJ · RANCOCAS, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6969WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1365 66/4/16 RANCOCAS NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 162 TIME - 1545 N6969W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6969W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6969WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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