- Date
- November 12, 1980
- Place
- Strongsville, OH · STRONGSVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2580NPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801112063319A
- Case key
- 127839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3176 80/11/12 STRONGSVILLE,OH PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1410 N2580N PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STRONGSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STRONGSVILLE,OH LOCAL 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 REMARKS- HIT PWR LN & TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2580N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Strongsville
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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.