- Date
- August 17, 1973
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY · POESTENKILL, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56288Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730817026129A
- Case key
- 189279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2310 73/8/17 POESTENKILL,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 126 TIME - 1400 N56288 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENSSELAER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POESTENKILL,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT BALLOONED DROPPED HARD ON NOSE WHEEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56288
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rensselaer Co
N56288Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.