- Date
- November 30, 1966
- Place
- Waldorf, MD · WALDORF, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5574YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3689 66/11/30 WALDORF MD PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 4202 TIME - 0845 N5574Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1178 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CURTIS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- INTENTIONAL GROUNDLOOP.ACFT SKIDDED INTO DITCH AT EDGE OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5574Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Curtis Field
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