- Date
- November 29, 1966
- Place
- West Chester, PA · WEST CHESTER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2443TNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3811 66/11/29 WEST CHESTER PA NAVION G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 538 TIME - 1705 N2443T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CHESTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT DELAYED LANDING UNTIL AFTER DARK THEN LANDED ON SOFT AREA ADJ.TO RNY.ARPT UNLIGHTED,UNATTENDED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2443T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Chester
N2443TRegistered now · Navion NAVION GAirframe modelNavion NAVION GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520-C
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