- Date
- December 2, 1968
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8391YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3876 68/12/2 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 6000 TIME - 1125 N8391Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- STRUCK RNWY LOCALIZER ANTENNA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8391Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas
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