- Date
- June 15, 1974
- Place
- Wrightstown, NJ · WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5841PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740615019629A
- Case key
- 130078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2487 74/6/15 WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1698 TIME - 1611 N5841P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGUIRE AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN CITY,NJ GAITHERSBURG,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT DIED NATURAL CAUSES INFLT.NON-PILOT PAX MADE LDG WITH ASSIST FM AIRBORNE PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5841P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcguire Afb
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5841P · 1
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