- Date
- May 13, 1972
- Place
- Cobleskill, NY · COBLESKILL, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5958YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1581 72/5/13 COBLESKILL,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 773 TIME - 1010 N5958Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 159 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOHARIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDOVER,NJ COBLESKILL,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT GR COLLAPSED ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5958Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schoharie
N5958YRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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