19781109038659A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Riverhead, NY · November 9, 1978

Date
November 9, 1978
Place
Riverhead, NY
Airport
Riverhead Airpark
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3990R
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FHJ04
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
258 total258 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot approached dirt road on airport for landing and collided wiipe.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT APPROACHED DIRT ROAD ON AIRPORT FOR LANDING AND COLLIDED WIIPE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N3990R · 1

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