- Date
- May 17, 1970
- Place
- Nelsonville, AR · NELSONVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4307JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2014 70/5/17 NELSONVILLE,ARK PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 95 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N4307J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEARCY,ARK NELSONVILLE,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LDG AREA 1600FT ABT 290DEG.T/D APRX 700FT FROM E END.GRASS,WEEDS APRX 14IN HI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4307J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4307JRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.