- Date
- September 22, 1971
- Place
- Ambler, PA · AMBLER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8898YPiper PA-39
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1895 71/9/22 AMBLER,PA PIPER PA-39 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 2038 TIME - 1620 N8898Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL AMBLER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ROAD CROSSES AT RWY THRESHOLD.INSUFFICIENT WARNING SIGNS AVBL.ACFT CRASHED ON ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8898Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-39
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wings
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