- Date
- July 27, 1978
- Place
- Muncie, IN · MUNCIE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44872Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780727026309A
- Case key
- 140312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3547 78/7/27 MUNCIE,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N44872 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY MUNCIE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK CONSTRUCTION MARKERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44872
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson Field
N44872Registered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine 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.