- Date
- September 27, 1970
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5430WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3822 70/9/27 FARMINGDALE,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 533 TIME - 1115 N5430W PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 442 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MARTHAS VINYARD,MASS FLUSHING,NY WESTERLY STATE,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SQLN DVLPD,NOT FCSTD.ACFT BLOWN OVR.APRX 35 OTHER ACFT DMGD.GUSTS UN,BUT TWR EVAC BY PERSONNEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5430W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
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