- Date
- July 25, 1971
- Place
- Arcola, VA · ARCOLA, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3424MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2798 71/7/25 ARCOLA,VA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1740 N3424M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLASCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCOLA,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PAX,CERT FLT INSTR,NOT AWARE PLT HAD STDNT CERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3424M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glascock
N3424MRegistration cancelled Mar 10, 2017 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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