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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Hokes Bluff, AL · February 25, 1980

Date
February 25, 1980 · 00:15 local
Place
Hokes Bluff, AL
Airport
Mullins
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3515M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80DKJ23
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model280 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.

Night landing, downwind, unable to stop. Veered airplane into adjacent field to avoid overshooting runway.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT LANDING, DOWNWIND, UNABLE TO STOP. VEERED AIRPLANE INTO ADJACENT FIELD TO AVOID OVERSHOOTING RUNWAY.

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 N3515M · 1

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