- Date
- September 10, 1964
- Place
- Lehighton, PA · LEHIGHTON, PA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5540YPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2840 64/9/10 LEHIGHTON PA PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1635 N5540Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 444 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEHIGHTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5540Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lehighton
N5540YRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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