- Date
- August 13, 1972
- Place
- Gettysburg, PA · GETTYSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N26895Piper J4
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2964 72/8/13 GETTYSBURG,PA PIPER J4 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N26895 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 635 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GETTYSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GETTYSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26895
- Reported as
- Piper J4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gettysburg
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