- Date
- July 28, 1971
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9524JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2616 71/7/28 BLOCK ISLAND,RI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 238 TIME - 1915 N9524J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANIELSON,CONN BLOCK ISLAND,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ACFT EQPD WITH CLE BRAKE SYS.L BRAKE LINING WORN,CYL PISTON EXTDD BEYOND O RING SEAL-LOST FLUID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9524J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island
N9524JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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