- Date
- August 25, 1973
- Place
- Cobleskill, NY · COBLESKILL, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95091Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730825027249A
- Case key
- 189242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2376 73/8/25 COBLESKILL,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N95091 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOHARIE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLINGTON,CONN COBLESKILL,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM MECHANICAL REMARKS- LNDD LONG,WHILE REACHING FOR BRAKE HANDLE SHIRT SLEEVE CAUGHT ON FLAP HANDLE.STRUCK ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95091
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Schoharie Co
N95091Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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