- Date
- March 2, 1964
- Place
- Amityville, NY · AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5742WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0538 64/3/2 AMITYVILLE NY PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1835 N5742W PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 25, 438 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 33 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5742W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zahns
N5742WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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