- Date
- May 7, 1968
- Place
- Westland, MI · WESTLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7586RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1207 68/5/7 WESTLAND,MICH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 20 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N7586R PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- STRUCK PHONE CABLE NEAR RNWY APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7586R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- National
N7586RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N7586R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.