- Date
- September 14, 1980
- Place
- Orange, VA · ORANGE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3026CPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800914041309A
- Case key
- 128894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2423 80/9/14 ORANGE,VA PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1118 TIME - 1915 N3026C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOUISVILLE,KY LAKEWOOD,NJ CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD IN PASTURE ON ROLLING TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3026C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3026CRegistered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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