- Date
- September 5, 1965
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7162PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2630 65/9/5 GAITHERSBURG MD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 990 TIME - 2025 N7162P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED REMARKS- NIGHT LANDING ON LIGHTED RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7162P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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