- Date
- August 5, 1972
- Place
- Cooperstown, NY · COOPERSTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9072PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0802 72/8/5 COOPERSTOWN,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1200 TIME - 1030 N9072P PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOPERSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ COOPERSTOWN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- IMPROPER SHORT FLD TECHNIQUE. ACFT RAN DOWN EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9072P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cooperstown
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Other investigations on N9072P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC88LA225Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportReadington, NJWhile attempting a go-around from a rejected landing in x-wind conditions the plt who had no landings in the last 90 days failed to initiate the go-around with sufficient time/distance to clear trees off the end of the rnwy. The acft struck the trees and was…NTSB NYC75DFA20Accident · No injuriesClosedRoscoe, NY