- Date
- February 16, 1975
- Place
- Bowie, MD · BOWIE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5457SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750216002529A
- Case key
- 147909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0423 75/2/16 BOWIE,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 84 TOTAL TIME - 0130 N5457S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD BOWIE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK TREES APRX 50FT HI ABT 3500FT BFR APCH END OF RWY 36.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5457S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
N5457SRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.