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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Evansville, IN · July 23, 2003

Date
July 23, 2003 · 20:15 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Airport
Evansville Dress Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9941W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI03LA220
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total30 in this make and model8 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.

(-23) The student pilot mistook the displaced threshold barrels used for markers as the approach end of the runway and landed on the barrels.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT MISTOOK THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD BARRELS USED FOR MARKERS AS THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED ON THE BARRELS.

NTSB investigation

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