19820108002649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Liberty, MO · January 8, 1982

Date
January 8, 1982 · 14:00 local
Place
Liberty, MO
Airport
Mitchell
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7618P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC82DA026
Reported as
Piper PA24250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,056 total471 in this make and model74 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 was attempting short field landing and pilot claims wind caused turbulence which caused hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING SHORT FIELD LANDING AND PILOT CLAIMS WIND CAUSED TURBULENCE WHICH CAUSED HARD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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