- Date
- June 27, 1969
- Place
- Bulawayo, SF · BULAWAYO,RHODESIA, South Africa
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8542DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0036 69/6/27 BULAWAYO,RHODESIA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 126 TIME - 0800 N8542D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BULAWAYO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.VICTORIA RHODESIA BULAWAYO,RHODESIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF RHODESIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8542D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bulawayo
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