- Date
- June 14, 1970
- Place
- Boone, NC · BOONE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8638WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2556 70/6/14 BOONE,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1330 N8638W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26, 4353 TOTAL HOURS, 15 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOWING ROCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTANBURG,SC BOONE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY REMARKS- TOUCHED DOWN WITH APRX 1500FT WET GRASS REMAINING,DELAYED PWR REDUCTION,BRAKING INEFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8638W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blowing Rock
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.