- Date
- February 16, 1969
- Place
- Chester, MT · CHESTER, MT
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5342WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0238 69/2/16 CHESTER,MONT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 52 TOTAL TIME - 1015 N5342W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERTY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- NOSE GR STRUCK SNOW BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5342W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Liberty County