- Date
- August 17, 1966
- Place
- Bridgeville, DE · BRIDGEVILLE, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5671ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2140 66/8/17 BRIDGEVILLE DEL PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N5671Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5671Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5671ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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