19810725048839A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Bessemer, AL · July 25, 1981

Date
July 25, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place
Bessemer, AL
Airport
Bessemer
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5119G
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81DKJ26
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
84 total11 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Not aligned with runway on final, dumped flaps for go around, hit runway, lost control, ran off side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY ON FINAL, DUMPED FLAPS FOR GO AROUND, HIT RUNWAY, LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF SIDE OF 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.