- Date
- August 21, 1973
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8163WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730821024029A
- Case key
- 189411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2159 73/8/21 SALISBURY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N8163W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 765 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 405 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- SIMULATED FORCED LDG. STUDENT LND HARD TO L OF RWY. GR FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8163W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rowan County
N8163WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.