- Date
- September 26, 1969
- Place
- Coudersport, PA · COUDERSPORT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4542RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4057 69/9/26 COUDERSPORT,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 199 TIME - 1750 N4542R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTATO CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OHIO COUDERSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT VEERED L STRUCK RNWY MARKER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4542R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Potato City
N4542RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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