- Date
- June 29, 1971
- Place
- Taunton, MA · TAUNTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7745KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2398 71/6/29 TAUNTON,MASS PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 393 TIME - 1845 N7745K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAUNTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NANTUCKET,MASS TAUNTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7745K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taunton
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