- Date
- October 15, 1976
- Place
- Mountain Home, AR · MOUNTAIN HOME, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5541JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761015031229A
- Case key
- 156056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2728 76/10/15 MOUNTAIN HOME,AR PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 580 TIME - 1045 N5541J PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNTAIN HOME MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALWAUKEE,IL MOUNTAIN HOME,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5541J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mountain Home Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5541J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84LA359Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWoodstock, ILThe acft collided with the terrain during a forced landing. The wx was VMC & no flt plan was filed. During the forced landing in a farm field the right main gear was sheared off and the nose gear bent. The left wing was also substantiallydamaged. The engine…NTSB MKC77FER80Accident · No injuriesClosedDuluth, MN