- Date
- April 12, 1970
- Place
- Lusby, MD · LUSBY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8188PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1799 70/4/12 LUSBY,MD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, UNK/NR TIME - 1350 N8188P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAITHERSBURG,MD CHESAPEAKE CLUB,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT SWERVED L AFT LDG,PLT DECIDED TO GO AROUND.ENG AND FLT CTLS CKD OK. NO PLT STATEMENT AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8188P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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