- Date
- March 9, 1966
- Place
- Snydertown, PA · SNYDERTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4562PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0506 66/3/9 SNYDERTOWN PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 240 TIME - 1710 N4562P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANKFORD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- OPERATION ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4562P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lankford
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