- Date
- August 13, 1964
- Place
- Isle Of Palms, SC · ISLE OF PALMS, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5854PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2463 64/8/13 ISLE OF PALMS SC PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1000 TIME - 1100 N5854P PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLE OF PALMS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5854P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Isle Of Palms
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