- Date
- June 28, 1968
- Place
- Tarentum, PA · TARENTUM, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6279YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1875 68/6/28 TARENTUM,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N6279Y PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC AGE 27, 1875 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 27 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REMICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- CENTER OF RWWY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CURRENT NOTAM HAD BEEN ISSUED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6279Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Remich
N6279YRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6279Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.