- Date
- January 22, 1967
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3988MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0182 67/1/22 PITTSTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 333 TIME - 1645 N3988M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDRIA FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- SEAT CUSHION DISPLACED DURING SHORT FIELD APPROACH,DISTRACTED PLTS ATTENTION,RESTRICTED FWN VIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3988M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexandria Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3988M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC84LA163Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMontague Island, AKThe acft was landed hard and the main landing gear collapsed. According to the plt the landing gear bunger cords broke and there was no safety cable to keep the gear from collapsing. The landing area was a narrow gravel strip running northand south, 1600 ft…NTSB ANC84FA075Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportPalmer, AKThe acft landed fast & long on the rough 1300 ft grass & dirt rwy. At the departure end of the strip, the the acft nosed over as the plt was applying braking action.NTSB UNK64X0915Accident · No injuriesClosedPittstown, NJ