- Date
- August 5, 1980
- Place
- Liberty, NC · LIBERTY, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8340CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800805036519A
- Case key
- 129658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2192 80/8/5 LIBERTY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 99 TOTAL TIME - 2200 N8340C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAUSEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERTY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DEVELOPED SINK RATE ON FINAL.PLT STATES LATE ADDING POWER.NARROW RWY.NIGHT APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8340C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Causey
N8340CRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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 N8340C · 1
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