- Date
- December 7, 1981
- Place
- Hilton Head, SC · HILTON HEAD, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5295YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811207079389A
- Case key
- 122886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3039 81/12/7 HILTON HEAD,SC PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 2654 TIME - 1745 N5295Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1654 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON HEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA HILTON HEAD,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK STREET LIGHTS FOR RUNWAY LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5295Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilton Head
N5295YRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 1982 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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 N5295Y · 1
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