- Date
- September 9, 1965
- Place
- West Point, VA · WEST POINT, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5837ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176072
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2604 65/9/9 WEST POINT VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N5837Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 971 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 130 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST POINT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5837Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Point
N5837ZRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N5837Z · 1
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