- Date
- February 21, 1965
- Place
- Cedar Keys, FL · CEDAR KEYS, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4347PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0302 65/2/21 CEDAR KEYS FLA PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 259 TIME - 1340 N4347P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- SEA GULLS ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4347P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis