- Date
- November 28, 1973
- Place
- Schwenksville, PA · SCHWENKSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5478PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731128035889A
- Case key
- 187638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3392 73/11/28 SCHWENKSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 3717 TIME - 1530 N5478P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1746 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YARROW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA SCHWENKSVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 67 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRIFTED DRG T/D R LDG CTCTD RWY IN A SKID.WIND RPTD VARIABLE GUSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5478P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yarrow
N5478PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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