- Date
- January 14, 1975
- Place
- Fort Bragg, NC · FORT BRAGG, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1050UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750114000039A
- Case key
- 147858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0452 75/1/14 FORT BRAGG,NC PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 280 TIME - 1415 N1050U PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIMMONS AAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT BRAGG,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- T/D ABT 2FT SHORT OF RWY,L WHEEL STRUCK EXPOSED EDGE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1050U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Simmons Aaf
N1050URegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2014 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine 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.