- Date
- September 18, 1979
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4608JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3980 79/9/18 NORFOLK,VA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 268 TIME - 2130 N4608J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4608J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norfolk Intl
N4608JRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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