- Date
- August 28, 1980
- Place
- Shelby, MI · SHELBY, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6378CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800828042329A
- Case key
- 129505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1968 80/8/28 SHELBY,MI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1500 TIME - 1645 N6378C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEANA CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBY,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT STATED T/D WITHIN FIRST 1/3 RWY,PAST MID-POINT REALIZED ROLLING TOO FAST,APPLIED BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6378C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oceana Co
N6378CRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.