- Date
- February 6, 1968
- Place
- Mccall, ID · MCCALL, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2577MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2536 68/2/6 MCCALL,ID PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N2577M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 46, 4862 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 483 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCALL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- CLEVIS SAFETY PIN OF RT REAR SKI CABLE FAILED ON PREVIOUS T/O. SKI BECAME REVERSED,DUG INTO SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2577M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mccall
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Other investigations on N2577M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC92LA172Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportUpper Yantarni, AKPilot in command inadvertant encounter with aerodynamic stall during low level approach turn. Factor affecting the accident was: the pilot's approach procedure/technique to fly VFR approach pattern at 50 feet AGL.NTSB DEN84LA132Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJackson, WYThe acft crashed during takeoff from Jackson airport. Investigation revealed that the plt and CFI were in the process of ferrying the acft to Washington state. The plt stated that during taxi the airport UNICOM reported the wind to be from the northeast at 18…