- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Kerrville, TX · KERRVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4540FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004031119A
- Case key
- 138991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2939 78/10/4 KERRVILLE,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N4540F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TERRA LINDA RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERRVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4540F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Terra Linda Ranch
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.