- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI · OSHKOSH, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55765Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807029629A
- Case key
- 155487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2428 76/8/7 OSHKOSH,WI PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 328 TIME - 0749 N55765 PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITTMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION APPLETON,WI OSHKOSH,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT MADE LOW SLOW APCH. HIT R WG FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55765
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whittman Field
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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.