- Date
- August 1, 1978
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N571PAPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780801022539A
- Case key
- 140504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1960 78/8/1 LAFAYETTE,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 29 TOTAL TIME - 0804 N571PA PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO REDUCE THROTTLE FOR TURN OFF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N571PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Purdue
N571PARegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2002 · 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.
Other investigations on N571PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.