- Date
- September 27, 1974
- Place
- Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8600NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740927033509A
- Case key
- 141144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3068 74/9/27 ABILENE,TEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 153 TIME - 1720 N8600N PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELMDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LA PORTE,TEX LUBBOCK,TEX ABILENE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLAPS NOT USED ON SHORT FLD LDG. PLTS 3RD APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8600N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elmdale
N8600NRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540F1 SERIE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8600N · 1
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