- Date
- July 3, 1974
- Place
- Myerstown, PA · MYERSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42866Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740703019819A
- Case key
- 130696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2655 74/7/3 MYERSTOWN,PA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 726 TIME - 1120 N42866 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEBANNON VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAGERSTOWN,MD MYERSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT ELECTED TO LND AT UNLGTD ARPT.T/D IN WHEAT FIELD ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42866
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lebannon Valley
N42866Registered now · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.