- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9359WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019032679A
- Case key
- 188289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3183 73/10/19 ROCK SPRINGS,WYO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 542 TIME - 1856 N9359W PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 171 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCTION,COLO ROCK SPRINGS,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING REMARKS- SAW ROCKS,APPLIED PWR & BOUNCED. PLT CUT PWR,LND IN CRAB ATTITUDE. R GR FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9359W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Springs
N9359WRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.