- Date
- May 31, 1979
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8436PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790531012779A
- Case key
- 135717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1428 79/5/31 ROCK SPRINGS,WY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2080 TIME - 1215 N8436P PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 307 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRINGS,WY CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- HIT BARRIERS ON CLOSED RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8436P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Springs
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.