- Date
- August 21, 1966
- Place
- Lebanon, OR · LEBANON, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8991CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4203 66/8/21 LEBANON OREG PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0130 N8991C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEBANON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- 9-INCH DEEP DITCH AT EDGE OF HANGAR APRON WAS HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8991C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lebanon
N8991CRegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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