- Date
- August 31, 1968
- Place
- Sandpoint, ID · SANDPOINT, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6826KPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3812 68/8/31 SANDPOINT,ID PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N6826K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COUNTY-CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 135 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- 65 DEG LEFT X-WIND 15K. PLT LACKED EXPERIENCE WITH CONVENTIONAL GEAR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6826K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- County-City
N6826KRegistration cancelled May 6, 2013 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N6826K · 1
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