- Date
- March 16, 1974
- Place
- Meadville, PA · MEADVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5676YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740316005949A
- Case key
- 186632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0467 74/3/16 MEADVILLE,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 702 TIME - 1640 N5676Y PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 485 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT MEADVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTOONA,PA MEADVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- UNABLE TO STOP ON SLUSHY RUNWAY HYDROPLANED TURNED ACFT OFF RWY HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5676Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Meadville
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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.