- Date
- June 15, 1973
- Place
- Westminster, MD · WESTMINSTER, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8385PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730615016289A
- Case key
- 190340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1468 73/6/15 WESTMINSTER,MD PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2199 TIME - 2240 N8385P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 384 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTMINSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW BEDFORD,MASS WESTMINSTER,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- OVERRAN RUNWAY ROLLED INTO A CORNFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westminster
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.