- Date
- September 19, 1976
- Place
- Avoca, NY · AVOCA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6905ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760919039009A
- Case key
- 156171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3866 76/9/19 AVOCA,NY PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 101 TIME - 0700 N6905Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MITCHEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVOCA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6905Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mitchel
N6905ZRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6905Z · 2
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