- Date
- November 25, 1972
- Place
- Ludlow, VT · LUDLOW, VT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4026RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3759 72/11/25 LUDLOW,VT PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 413 TIME - 1130 N4026R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT CONN LUDLOW,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- L LDG GR ENCTRD SNOW ON L SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4026R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith
N4026RRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2017 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4026R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.