- Date
- January 28, 1979
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN · CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6901YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790128001739A
- Case key
- 137356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0340 79/1/28 CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1181 TIME - 1730 N6901Y PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 893 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORDSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST PETERSBURG,FL CRAWFORDSVILLE,IN TUSKEGEE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6901Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawfordsville
N6901YRegistration cancelled Feb 18, 1981 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.