- Date
- June 12, 1968
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3807WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1822 68/6/12 AMARILLO,TEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 129 TIME - 1610 N3807W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWIND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TSTM WAS APPROACHING FLD. PLT LANDED ON LAST 700 FT OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3807W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tradewind
N3807WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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