- Date
- January 25, 1981
- Place
- Sterlington, LA · STERLINGTON, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2232WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810125001719A
- Case key
- 127198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0076 81/1/25 STERLINGTON,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 227 TIME - 1515 N2232W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STERLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STERLINGTON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- PLT PREMATURELY RETRACTED FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2232W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sterlington
N2232WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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