- Date
- October 30, 1978
- Place
- Lime Village, AK · LIME VILLAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4043RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781030044049A
- Case key
- 138100
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4244 78/10/30 LIME VILLAGE,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 750 TIME - 1630 N4043R PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIME VILLAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,AK LIME VILLAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- APCH TO RIVER GRAVEL BAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4043R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lime Village
N4043RRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4043R · 1
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