- Date
- June 22, 1975
- Place
- Somerset, PA · SOMERSET, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6972WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750622022159A
- Case key
- 149917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2045 75/6/22 SOMERSET,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N6972W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSTOWN,PA SOMERSET,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- T/D IN CRABBED ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6972W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset County
N6972WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6972W · 1
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