- Date
- August 21, 1980
- Place
- Elkton, MD · ELKTON, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7251WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800821036309A
- Case key
- 129564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2055 80/8/21 ELKTON,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 388 TIME - 1620 N7251W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 373 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CECIL COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW PHILADELPHIA,OH ELKTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR EMPTY,DISKS CORRODED & PITTED,PADS WORN BELOW MIN LIMITS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7251W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cecil County
N7251WRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7251W · 1
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