- Date
- December 31, 1980
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36126Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801231078529A
- Case key
- 127694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3546 80/12/31 COLUMBUS,OH PIPER PA32RT CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 243 TIME - 1630 N36126 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OH COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36126
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Columbus
N36126Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Piper PA-32RT-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N36126 · 1
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