- Date
- May 5, 1973
- Place
- Winston Salem, NC · WINSTON SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7435JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730505010449A
- Case key
- 190284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1504 73/5/5 WINSTON SALEM,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1345 N7435J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH REYNOLDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WINSTON SALEM,NC WINSTON SALEM,NC STATESVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT LANDED HARD,NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7435J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith Reynolds
N7435JRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7435J · 1
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