# NTSB IAD72DIJ21: Piper PA-28, N5906U, Amherstdale, WV, June 6, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 6, 1971
- Place: Amherstdale, WV · AMHERSTDALE, WV
- Location: 37.7826° N, 81.8271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amherstdale, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7826&lon=-81.8271&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 26, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD72DIJ21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD72DIJ21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0193   71/6/6    AMHERSTDALE,W VA    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1030                    N5906U              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AMHERSTDALE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WACO,TEX                    ISLIP,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  LOW ON FUEL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5906U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5906U-1974-02-12), registration cancelled 1974-02-12, S/N 28-7125142 (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: Amherstdale

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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