- Date
- July 29, 1973
- Place
- Yamhill, OR · YAMHILL, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3961TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730729021059A
- Case key
- 189146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2595 73/7/29 YAMHILL,OREG PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 448 TIME - 1300 N3961T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 335 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING M RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WASH YAMHILL,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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- NOSE GR DMGD,POSSIBLE DMG TO MLG PREVIOUS HARD LNDG THIS YR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3961T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying M Ranch
N3961TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.