- Date
- October 23, 1981
- Place
- Powell, WY · POWELL, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8972CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811023070049A
- Case key
- 122880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2945 81/10/23 NR.POWELL,WY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 440 TIME - 1345 N8972C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 437 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERIDAN,WY POWELL,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- LNDD ON GRAVEL ROAD,HIT POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8972C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8972CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.