- Date
- November 5, 1971
- Place
- Hamburg, PA · HAMBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3559WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3925 71/11/5 HAMBURG,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 69 TOTAL TIME - 1625 N3559W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTMINSTER,MD HAMBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- ACFT RAN OFF SIDE OF RWY,L WNG TIP HIT DIRT PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3559W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Mountain
N3559WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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