- Date
- January 20, 1968
- Place
- Roaring Branch, PA · ROARING BRANCH, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8747CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0145 68/1/20 ROARING BRANCH,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 137 TIME - 1245 N8747C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LNDG ON FARM FIELD COVERED WITH SNOW,4 TO 10 INS DEEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8747C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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