- Date
- October 30, 1966
- Place
- Clarks Summit, PA · CLARKS SUMMIT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3414MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120137
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 66/10/30 CLARKS SUMMIT PA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 67, 3014 TIME - 1700 N3414M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 738 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCRANTON MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3414M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Scranton Muni
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