- Date
- September 28, 1972
- Place
- Basin Harbor, VT · BASIN HARBOR, VT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3520APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2607 72/9/28 BASIN HARBOR VT PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N3520A PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BASIN HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLATTSBURG,NY BASIN HARBOR VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3520A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Basin Harbor
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