- Date
- February 8, 1972
- Place
- Clarks Summit, PA · CLARKS SUMMIT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5628UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0561 72/2/8 CLARKS SUMMIT,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N5628U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCRANTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKS SUMMIT,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- RWY PLOWED WITH RESIDUE OF SNOW AND ICE REMAINING. PLT STATED HE DIDNT TRY TO CORRECT SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5628U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scranton
N5628URegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5628U · 1
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