- Date
- December 6, 1964
- Place
- Hobart, IN · HOBART, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6347WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3616 64/12/6 HOBART IND PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N6347W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYRANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6347W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyranch
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Other investigations on N6347W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI83FA080Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportGlenview, ILDuring a long final approach to o'hare intl arpt the eng quit at 1,900 ft MSL. The plt was over a residential area but found a short field in which to land. The left main landing gear separated & then the left wing separated. The fuel selector was found…NTSB CHI67D0460Accident · No injuriesClosedRensselaer, INNTSB CHI67F0236Accident · No injuriesClosedHobart, IN