- Date
- October 2, 1965
- Place
- Amityville, NY · AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8496WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2857 65/10/2 AMITYVILLE NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 314 TIME - 1804 N8496W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8496W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zahns
N8496WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming 0-360 series
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