- Date
- June 6, 1969
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2522PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4743 69/6/6 ALLENTOWN,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1852 TIME - 1235 N2522P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUEEN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA ST PETERSBURG,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED NEAR END OF RWY.DRG TURN-AROUND WIND FLIPPED ACFT.BRAKE LINE FOUND CRACKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2522P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Queen City
N2522PRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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