- Date
- September 20, 1972
- Place
- Wolcott, NY · WOLCOTT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3840PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2623 72/9/20 WOLCOTT NY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N3840P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSON,NY WOLCOTT NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3840P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N3840PRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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