- Date
- October 15, 1981
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7396KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811015088019A
- Case key
- 122594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 81/10/15 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N7396K PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 822 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILVILLE,NJ ATLANTIC CITY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7396K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bader Field
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Other investigations on N7396K · 1
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