- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- Butler, AL · BUTLER, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8165HPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808064099A
- Case key
- 124647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2036 81/8/8 BUTLER,AL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 127 TIME - 1545 N8165H PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTLER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DURANGO,CO MONTGOMERY,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 85 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ENCTRD ENROUTE WX,LOST NAV & RDO CONTACT AT LOW ALTITUDE,SAW ARPT,MADE SHORT FLD APCH OVR OBSTNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8165H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butler County
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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.