- Date
- November 22, 1979
- Place
- Laporte, IN · LAPORTE, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44503Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791122035229A
- Case key
- 133032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3174 79/11/22 LAPORTE,IN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 2831 TIME - 0605 N44503 PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 282 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAPORTE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANVILLE,IL LAPORTE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44503
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laporte Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.