- Date
- February 15, 1971
- Place
- Quantico, VA · QUANTICO, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4249JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133042
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0618 71/2/15 QUANTICO,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1545 N4249J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUANTICO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUANTICO,VA QUANTICO,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT HIT TREES ON FNL,CRASHED SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4249J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quantico
N4249JRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N4249J · 1
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