- Date
- March 5, 1974
- Place
- Troy, NC · TROY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8217WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740305004919A
- Case key
- 186760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0561 74/3/5 TROY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 322 TIME - 1230 N8217W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATTEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHEBORO,NC TROY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 22K. FLEW UNDER WIRES,UN TO CLEAR TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8217W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Batten
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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.