- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8786YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907057379A
- Case key
- 123648
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1942 81/9/7 RACINE,WI PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 2159 TIME - 1700 N8786Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1614 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICE LAKE,WI STURTEVANT,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK 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
- N8786Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horlick
N8786YRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-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.