- Date
- October 22, 1978
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44106Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781022037179A
- Case key
- 202556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3395 78/10/22 NR.SOUTH BEND,IN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N44106 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIANA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUNCIE,IN SOUTH BEND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- ACFT COLLIDED WITH BACKHOE.ATTEMPTED GO AROUND WITH CARB HEAT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44106
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michiana Regional
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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.