- Date
- July 26, 1972
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8258YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2789 72/7/26 CHARLESTON,W VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 4040 TIME - 1739 N8258Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FLA HUNTINGTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8258Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kanawha
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