- Date
- August 9, 1971
- Place
- Westminster, MD · WESTMINSTER, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2106PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162814
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2955 71/8/9 WESTMINSTER,MD PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 550 TIME - 0815 N2106P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTMINSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL WESTMINSTER,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- HI SINK RATE,ACFT BOUNCED LNDD APRX 75FT BEYOND INITIAL POINT OF T/D.WINGS,PROPS DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2106P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westminster
N2106PRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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