- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15811Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760908028719A
- Case key
- 155459
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2387 76/9/8 RICHMOND,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 166 TIME - 1835 N15811 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VA STATE POLICE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA LOCAL 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 - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- T/D ABT HALF WAY DWN 1800 FT RWY,PULLED BACK INTO THE AIR CAME DWN HARD ABT 3/4 WAY DWN BFR GOARND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15811
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Va State Police
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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.