- Date
- January 3, 1968
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4563PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0008 68/1/3 ALLENTOWN,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0810 N4563P PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 24, 1555 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 357 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - A-B-E AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- ENG/PROP VIBRATIONS STOPPED BFOR LNDG.CAUSE NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4563P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- A-B-E Airport
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