- Date
- December 14, 1969
- Place
- Mint Hill, NC · MINT HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3502WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4639 69/12/14 MINT HILL,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 742 TIME - 1800 N3502W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 479 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILGROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANFORD,NC MINT HILL,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- R QUARTERING TAIL WIND 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3502W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilgrove
N3502WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3502W · 1
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