- Date
- August 18, 1966
- Place
- Buena Vista, VA · BUENA VISTA, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8555PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0875 66/8/18 BUENA VISTA VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 250 TIME - 2045 N8555P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OUTBOARD SECTIONS OF BOTH WINGS,PART OF STABILATOR,RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER SEPARATED IN-FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8555P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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