- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46YStearman PT-17
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780917026889A
- Case key
- 139564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2592 78/9/17 POTTSTOWN,PA STEARMAN PT-17 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 423 TIME - 0930 N46Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN-LMRK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUAKERTOWN,PA POTTSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46Y
- Reported as
- Stearman PT-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pottstown-Lmrk
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N46Y · 1
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