- Date
- December 31, 1972
- Place
- Cape Lookout, NC · CAPE LOOKOUT, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9410WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3459 72/12/31 CAPE LOOKOUT,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 334 TIME - 1630 N9410W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,NC CAPE LOOKOUT,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON SOFT SANDY BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9410W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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