- Date
- March 25, 1972
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2120TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1111 72/3/25 GILLETTE,WYO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 182 TIME - 1330 N2120T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMPBELL COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 58 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRIFTED,RAISED FLAPS.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2120T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Campbell County
N2120TRegistration cancelled Jul 13, 2009 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2120T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.