- Date
- September 25, 1967
- Place
- Salem, OH · SALEM, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7477RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3522 67/9/25 SALEM,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N7477R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 489 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 231 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT BLINDED BY CAR SPOT LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7477R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7477RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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