- Date
- June 5, 1964
- Place
- Gambell, AK · GAMBELL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4893PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1560 64/6/5 GAMBELL ALAS PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5023 TIME - 0015 N4893P PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAMBELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4893P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gambell
N4893PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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