- Date
- July 3, 1980
- Place
- Cottonport, LA · COTTONPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31840Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800703023379A
- Case key
- 129822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1268 80/7/3 COTTONPORT,LA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 985 TIME - 1545 N31840 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARKSVILLE,LA COTTONPORT,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ABORTED LANDING DUE TO CHILDREN WALKING ON RUNWAY.HIT TREES NEAR END OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31840
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrick
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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.