- Date
- September 5, 1967
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5478VN American P-51
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 67/9/5 POTTSTOWN,PA N AMERICAN P-51 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 1350 TIME - 1130 N5478V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PARKED ACFT,PIPER N5878D DESTROYED,MOONEY N2579W SUBSTANTIAL.ALSO STRUCK T HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5478V
- Reported as
- N American P-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pottstown
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