- Date
- June 17, 1977
- Place
- Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15635Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770617022009A
- Case key
- 147130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1896 77/6/17 MADISON,WI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 478 TIME - 1111 N15635 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WAUSAU,WI NASHVILLE,TN CHAMPAIGN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15635
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Truax Field
N15635Registration cancelled Sep 26, 2011 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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 N15635 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA01LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLakeland, FLThe pilot's failure to disengage the parking brake prior to taxi and his failure to stop and investigate the brakes when they malfunctioned during taxi for takeoff resulting in the wheel brakes heating and starting the tires on fire.NTSB MIA94LA066Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTamarac, FLThe loss of engine power for undetermined causes.