- Date
- May 7, 1973
- Place
- Glens Falls, NY · GLENS FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5876ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730507011209A
- Case key
- 190497
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1275 73/5/7 GLENS FALLS,NY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 127 TIME - 1145 N5876Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLENS FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENS FALLS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- T/D ABT 30FT BFR RWY,HIT MOUND OF DIRT CAUSED ACFT RISE APRX 30FT IN AIR.NOSE GR COLLAPSED ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5876Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glens Falls
N5876ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.