- Date
- June 26, 1972
- Place
- Falmouth, MA · FALMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2468MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3415 72/6/26 FALMOUTH,MASS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 579 TIME - 1830 N2468M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALMOUTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALMOUTH,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2468M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falmouth
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