- Date
- June 21, 1966
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4222MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0394 66/6/21 CHESAPEAKE VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 151 TIME - 2035 N4222M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 114 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTSMOUTH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLE TOO RAPIDLY AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4222M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portsmouth
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