- Date
- July 18, 1980
- Place
- Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2395KPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800718029209A
- Case key
- 129823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1269 80/7/18 LAKE CHARLES,LA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 67 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N2395K PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCFILLEN AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2395K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcfillen Air Park
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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.