# NTSB IAD70DIG04: Piper PA-28, N3955K, Glenelg, MD, January 28, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1970
- Place: Glenelg, MD · GLENELG, MD
- Location: 39.2643° N, 76.9925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glenelg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2643&lon=-76.9925&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 143150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70DIG04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70DIG04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0462  70/1/28    GLENELG,MD          PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 241
        TIME - 1730                    N3955K              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANKS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GLENELG,MD                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- L WING HIT WOOD PINIC TABLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3955K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3955K-1992-04-28), registration cancelled 1992-04-28, S/N 2823833 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Shanks

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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