- Date
- February 19, 1972
- Place
- Chagrin Fall, OH · CHAGRIN FALL, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7937NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0713 72/2/19 CHAGRIN FALL,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1000 N7937N PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 40, 3351 TOTAL HOURS, 51 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAGRIN FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NO.BENTON,OHIO CHAGRIN FALL,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GR HIT 2 FT SNOWBANK ABOUT 45 FT SHORT OF RWY DURING VFR APCH IN POOR WEA COND. GUSTING TO 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7937N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chagrin Falls
N7937NRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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