- Date
- July 30, 1977
- Place
- Hulett, WY · HULETT, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5849DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770730026079A
- Case key
- 146207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2068 77/7/30 NR.HULETT,WY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 140 TIME - 1130 N5849D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,WY HULETT,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND 30 KTS GUSTING TO 40
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5849D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
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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.