- Date
- February 26, 1972
- Place
- Grove, OK · GROVE, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2772PPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1340 72/2/26 GROVE,OKLA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1861 TIME - 1845 N2772P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 511 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANGRI-LA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA GROVE,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- LNDD ON UNLIGHTED STRIP USING AUTO LIGHTS FOR REF,WING TIP HIT AUTO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2772P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shangri-La
N2772PRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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