- Date
- August 1, 1975
- Place
- Mt Horeb, WI · MT HOREB, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15581Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750801024769A
- Case key
- 149929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2060 75/8/1 MT HOREB,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 157 TIME - 1158 N15581 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 141 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GONSTEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAYSLAKE,IL MINNEAPOLIS,MN MT HOREB,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HI FINAL USED 40 DEG FLAP AND SLIP TO LOSE ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15581
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gonstead
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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.