Aviation accident SEA99LA040

Name: aviation accident: Piper PA-12 near SALEM (1999-03-06)
Start: 1999-03-06
Location: SALEM, OR, USA

MINR · Piper PA-12 · 1999-03-06 · SALEM, OR, USA

Event

NTSB number: SEA99LA040
Event ID: 20001205X00394
Type: Accident
Date: 1999-03-06
Location: SALEM, OR, USA
Coordinates: 45.010055, -122.909072

Injuries

Highest injury: MINR
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 1
Uninjured: 0
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: Piper
Model: PA-12
Registration: N4328X
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach, and overload of the left main landing gear. A factor was the embankment at the end of the landing strip.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
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