- Date
- September 17, 1979
- Place
- Superior, WI · SUPERIOR, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2109NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790917035999A
- Case key
- 133106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3300 79/9/17 NR.SUPERIOR,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 53, TIME - 1745 N2109N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 183 TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.PAUL,MI SUPERIOR,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 23K.STUDENTS CERT EXPIRED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2109N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2109NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.