- Date
- March 12, 1964
- Place
- Ft Dodge, IA · FT DODGE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6933KPiper PA20
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0604 64/3/12 FT DODGE IOWA PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N6933K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT DODGE MNCPL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6933K
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Dodge Mncpl
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