- Date
- April 23, 1966
- Place
- Amityville, NY · AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7462WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0867 66/4/23 AMITYVILLE NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 225 TIME - 0205 N7462W PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION ON LIGHTED AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7462W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zahns
N7462WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7462W · 1
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