- Date
- October 5, 1968
- Place
- Montauk, NY · MONTAUK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5759PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4110 68/10/5 MONTAUK,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 275 TIME - 0930 N5759P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY PORTEL 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) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RT CROSS WIND 90 DEG 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Portel
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Other investigations on N5759P · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA25LA346Accident · Minor injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportAshland City, TNOn September 5, 2025, at 1645 central daylight time, N5759P, a Piper Cherokee PA-24-180, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Ashland City, Tennessee. The private pilot sustained minor injuries. The flight was conducted as a…NTSB NYC71DNA54Accident · No injuriesClosedHyannis, MANTSB NYC67D0208Accident · No injuriesClosedMillville, NJ