- Date
- September 5, 1964
- Place
- Harrisonburg, VA · HARRISONBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7014KPiper PA20
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2768 64/9/5 HARRISONBURG VA PIPER PA20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 250 TIME - 1500 N7014K PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LESTER B. FRANK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTY CROSSWIND OF 20 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7014K
- Reported as
- Piper PA20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lester B. Frank
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