- Date
- August 20, 1968
- Place
- Bridgeville, PA · BRIDGEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7115RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4069 68/8/20 BRIDGEVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N7115R PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DIRECT LFT X-WIND 10K. ACFT DRIFTED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON NARROW RNWY. STRUCK N5810Q,SUBSTL DAMAGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7115R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell
N7115RRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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