- Date
- June 30, 1973
- Place
- Port Townsnd, WA · PORT TOWNSND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55435Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730630022429A
- Case key
- 189085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2641 73/6/30 PORT TOWNSND,WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1520 N55435 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY VALLEY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT TOWNSND,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT NOT CERT FOR SOLO.ACFT WENT OVR EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55435
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Valley Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.