- Date
- December 3, 1973
- Place
- Skaneateles, NY · SKANEATELES, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2999MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731203041909A
- Case key
- 187504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3898 73/12/3 SKANEATELES,NY PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 181 TIME - 1230 N2999M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPIRE AERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,NY SKANEATELES,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2999M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Empire Aero
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.