- Date
- October 6, 1967
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8734PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3904 67/10/6 SPRING VALLEY,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 375 TIME - 1545 N8734P PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMARO VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR STRUCK ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8734P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ramaro Valley
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Other investigations on N8734P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC86FA214Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportFt. Dix, NJThe acft was headed sw on victor sixteen inbound to coyle VOR when the plt reported the loss of gyro instruments. The acft was at 6000 ft and in 'solid IFR weather.' The plt elected not to declare emergency and land when asked if he wanted to do so by ATC.…NTSB NYC67F0024Accident · No injuriesClosedSpring Valley, NY