- Date
- February 18, 1970
- Place
- Meriden, CT · MERIDEN, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5640HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1868 70/2/18 MERIDEN,CONN PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1115 TIME - 1616 N5640H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERIDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDEN,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5640H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meriden
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