- Date
- September 16, 1968
- Place
- Barre, MA · BARRE, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8722ECherokee II
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3590 68/9/16 BARRE,MASS CHEROKEE II CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N8722E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT FORCED ACFT ON RNWY. ALTIMETER NOT ATTACHED TO STATIC LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8722E
- Reported as
- Cherokee II
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hiller
N8722ERegistered now · Thurman Arvo A CHEROKEE-IIAirframe modelThurman Arvo A CHEROKEE-IIEngine modelNONE
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Other investigations on N8722E · 1
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