- Date
- January 16, 1972
- Place
- Central City, PA · CENTRAL CITY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2340TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0268 72/1/16 CENTRAL CITY,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 752 TIME - 1900 N2340T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIAN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CENTRAL CITY,PA BUTLER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DURG TURN R GR WENT INTO DITCH,HIT ROCK,COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2340T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indian Lake
N2340TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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