- Date
- January 11, 1969
- Place
- Wilmington, DE · WILMINGTON, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3879TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0313 69/1/11 WILMINGTON,DEL PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 322 TIME - 1010 N3879T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR WILMINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY LIP. BENT GR AND WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3879T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Wilmington
N3879TRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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