- Date
- July 23, 1967
- Place
- Elysburg, PA · ELYSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5259KNavion B
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2521 67/7/23 ELYSBURG,PA NAVION B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 509 TIME - 2045 N5259K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAMOKIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY LIGHTNING FLASH JUST PRIOR TO LANDING FLARE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5259K
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shamokin
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Other investigations on N5259K · 2
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