- Date
- January 9, 1967
- Place
- Easton, PA · EASTON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6053YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0091 67/1/9 EASTON PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 156 TIME - 1630 N6053Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK 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: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY REMARKS- INTENTIONAL GROUND LOOP EXECUTED TO AVOID DROP OFF AT END OF FROZEN SOD RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6053Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Easton
N6053YRegistration cancelled Jan 25, 2018 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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