- Date
- October 10, 1964
- Place
- Hempstead, TX · HEMPSTEAD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6885PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3181 64/10/10 HEMPSTEAD TEX PIPER PA24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2000 TIME - 1330 N6885P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6885P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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