- Date
- March 13, 1966
- Place
- Alexandria, VA · ALEXANDRIA, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8531CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 66/3/13 ALEXANDRIA VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 275 TIME - 0825 N8531C PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON-VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8531C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Washington-Va
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