- Date
- November 19, 1970
- Place
- Reedley, CA · REEDLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7503YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4195 70/11/19 REEDLEY,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4300 TIME - 1645 N7503Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETSCHER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF REEDLEY,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L MLG FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7503Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ketscher Ranch
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