- Date
- July 9, 1968
- Place
- Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8572YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2399 68/7/9 LOCK HAVEN,PA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 555 TIME - 1620 N8572Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 330 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOCK HAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IN STEEP BANK,TURNING TO FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8572Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lock Haven
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