- Date
- May 1, 1977
- Place
- Heath, OH · HEATH, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9260KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770501012109A
- Case key
- 152408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0829 77/5/1 NR.HEATH, OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 160 TIME - 1316 N9260K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER, NY NEWARK, OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON 2300 FOOT DRAG STRIP WHICH HE MISTOOK FOR HIS INTENDED DESTINATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9260K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9260KRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2020 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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