- Date
- July 14, 1974
- Place
- Johnson City, TN · JOHNSON CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5861UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740714022729A
- Case key
- 130296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2114 74/7/14 JOHNSON CITY,TENN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 123 TIME - 1730 N5861U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MOUNT VERNON,ILL ELIZABETHTON,TENN JOHNSON CITY,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- AVOIDING TREES,WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5861U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson City
N5861URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5861U · 1
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