- Date
- August 24, 1980
- Place
- Huntington, WV · HUNTINGTON, WV
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5723UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800824057729A
- Case key
- 129702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2257 80/8/24 HUNTINGTON,WV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 70 TIME - 1527 N5723U PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,OH CHESAPEAKE,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5723U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-State
N5723URegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.