- Date
- March 28, 1980
- Place
- W Lafayette, IN · W LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N719PPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800328007369A
- Case key
- 131889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0324 80/3/28 W LAFAYETTE,IN PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2304 N719P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 55, 8635 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 279 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHBEND,IN W LAFAYETTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N719P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Purdue University
N719PRegistered now · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine 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.