- Date
- March 26, 1968
- Place
- Blossvale, NY · BLOSSVALE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5540APiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0703 68/3/26 BLOSSVALE,NY PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1755 N5540A PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 36, 1465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BECKS GROVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5540A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Becks Grove
N5540ARegistration cancelled May 16, 2017 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5540A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC09CA107Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportFairbanks, AKThe student pilot's decision to attempt an off-airport landing and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.NTSB ANC07LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNenana, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground-loop and main landing gear collapse. Factors contributing to the accident were the ground-loop and landing gear collapse.