- Date
- October 7, 1980
- Place
- Cottage Grove, WI · COTTAGE GROVE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4817LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801007050149A
- Case key
- 128818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2275 80/10/7 COTTAGE GROVE,WI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 228 TIME - 1900 N4817L PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING HOOF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTAGE GROVE,WI COTTAGE GROVE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- STRUCK CORN CROP NR APCH END OF RWY AT DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4817L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Hoof
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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.