- Date
- October 18, 1972
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8662YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0793 72/10/18 PHILADELPHIA,PA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 4056 TIME - 1055 N8662Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINGS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- LDG RWY 6,UNOBSTRUCTED APCH,HIT CAR WESTBOUND ON ROAD AT RWY END.LNDD PNE,NOSE GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8662Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wings Field
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