- Date
- May 26, 1966
- Place
- Princeton, NJ · PRINCETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3081MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1052 66/5/26 PRINCETON NJ PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N3081M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3081M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Princeton
N3081MRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N3081M · 1
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