- Date
- July 4, 1969
- Place
- Madison, IN · MADISON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7704JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1924 69/7/4 MADISON,IND PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1135 N7704J PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 20, 558 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 84 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- L GR STRUCK BUCKLED PORTION OF RWY SFC.APRX 192 LBS IN AFT BAGGAGE AREA,STABILATOR TRIM FULL DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7704J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson
N7704JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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