- Date
- December 22, 1964
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA · PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2678APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3926 64/12/22 PALM SPRINGS CALI PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1400 TIME - 0155 N2678A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALM SPRINGS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NIGHT LANDING ON LIGHTED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2678A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palm Springs
N2678ARegistration cancelled Aug 3, 2018 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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