- Date
- May 30, 1973
- Place
- Elkhorn, WI · ELKHORN, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3498KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730530014699A
- Case key
- 190383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1421 73/5/30 ELKHORN,WIS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 37 TOTAL TIME - 1845 N3498K PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUENWALD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHORN,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH RUNWAY MARKER AND ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3498K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gruenwald
N3498KRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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 N3498K · 1
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