- Date
- May 24, 1967
- Place
- Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4600YPiper PA-33
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116485
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1724 67/5/24 LOCK HAVEN, PA PIPER PA-33 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 3200 TIME - 1300 N4600Y PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOCK HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- EXPERIMENTAL NOSE WHEEL STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. STRUCK 2 PARKED ACFT,PT-CZF,N6403Y,BOTH SUB DAMAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4600Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lock Haven
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