- Date
- March 9, 1976
- Place
- Many, LA · MANY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6568LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760309004529A
- Case key
- 152620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0309 76/3/9 MANY,LA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 25000 TIME - 2000 N6568L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA MANY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GR HIT LIP IN CONSTRUCTION AREA. ONE REIL OPR,TWO RWY LTS INOP. NOTAM PUBLISHED ON CONSTRUCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6568L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hart
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.