- Date
- September 28, 1978
- Place
- Portland, IN · PORTLAND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8222WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780928033039A
- Case key
- 139216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3470 78/9/28 PORTLAND,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 472 TIME - 1030 N8222W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEED FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEZUMA,OH PORTLAND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8222W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steed Field
N8222WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8222W · 1
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