- Date
- April 9, 1967
- Place
- Hershey, PA · HERSHEY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4278ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1144 67/4/9 HERSHEY,PA PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1700 TIME - 1430 N4278Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERSHEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK HIGHWAY SIGN ALONG SIDE RUNWAY.CROSS WIND 10 KNOTS GUSTING 14 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4278Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hershey