- Date
- August 7, 1970
- Place
- Waldport, OR · WALDPORT, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5718PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190935
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3383 70/8/7 WALDPORT,OREG PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 124 TIME - 1030 N5718P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAKONDA BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWPORT,OREG NEWPORT,OREG WALDPORT,OREG 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- APCH MADE OVR 50FT HI WIRES TO 1950FT STRIP.PLT LVLD OFF HI,RETRACTED FLAPS ACFT HIT ON NOSE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5718P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wakonda Beach
N5718PRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 2007 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.