Piper PA-22 N5246Z

12 August 1968 · Dighton, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 August 1968 at about 09:30 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N5246Z, operated by Phillips Air S, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Dighton, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 August 1968 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Dighton, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Dighton
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-22
Registration: N5246Z
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Phillips Air S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Training
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3195

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LT QUARTERING HEADWIND 10 K WITH GUSTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3195, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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