- Date
- August 18, 1971
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8608YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163180
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3138 71/8/18 SPRING VALLEY,NY PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 505 TIME - 1845 N8608Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- BLEW OUT MG TIRES AND DMGD WGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8608Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
N8608YRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 1981 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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