- Date
- April 23, 1976
- Place
- Akron, OH · AKRON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7206FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760423009979A
- Case key
- 153567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0819 76/4/23 AKRON,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 439 TIME - 2156 N7206F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 422 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AKRON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OH AKRON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH RAILROAD TRACKS 385 FT SHORT OF DISPLACED THRESHOLD LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7206F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Akron Muni
N7206FRegistered now · 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.