- Date
- April 27, 1966
- Place
- Bethel Park, PA · BETHEL PARK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3374WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0875 66/4/27 BETHEL PARK PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5400 TIME - 0800 N3374W PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION, LANDING GEAR STRUCK EIGHT INCH CONCRETE CURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3374W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3374WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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