- Date
- October 17, 1970
- Place
- Bridgeton, NJ · BRIDGETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4476PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4000 70/10/17 BRIDGETON,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 178 TIME - 1500 N4476P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAPE MAY,NJ BRIDGETON,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- 30 DEG L X-WIND GUSTING TO 25K. RWY INTO WIND WAS AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4476P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bucks
N4476PRegistration cancelled Oct 12, 2012 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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