- Date
- May 7, 1971
- Place
- Apex, NC · APEX, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3379BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1495 71/5/7 APEX,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N3379B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUTHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC APEX,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3379B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Luther
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