# Accident 19750914029159A: Piper PA24400, South Hill, VA, September 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1975
- Place: South Hill, VA
- Airport: South Hill Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 36.7257° N, 78.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Hill, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7257&lon=-78.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7571P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7571P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 60 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750914029159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

APCH OVR 20 FT TALL BLDG ON APCH TO RWY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7571P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19851228063969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851228063969A), Dec 28, 1985: Piper PA24 (N7571P), Ellington, CT, Substantial damage. Landing gear struck bridge on final. Bounced into the air, onto runway, slid to a stop. At dusk, didnt see bridge.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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