- Date
- September 19, 1969
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5895YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156878
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3969 69/9/19 SAN CARLOS,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 963 TIME - 1930 N5895Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF SAN CARLOS,CALIF 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
- N5895Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
N5895YRegistration cancelled Mar 14, 2018 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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