- Date
- April 18, 1968
- Place
- Albemarle, NC · ALBEMARLE, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5709WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0746 68/4/18 ALBEMARLE,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1755 N5709W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBEMARLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- TSTM APPROACHING FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5709W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albemarle
N5709WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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