- Date
- July 11, 1970
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9954YChampion 402
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0583 70/7/11 READING,PA CHAMPION 402 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N9954Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 376 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 42 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL SPATZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- MULTI-ENG TRAINING FLT.PRACTICING SINGLE ENG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9954Y
- Reported as
- Champion 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- General Spatz
N9954YRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2018 · Champion 402Airframe modelChampion 402Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9954Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.