- Date
- December 14, 1975
- Place
- Gordonsville, VA · GORDONSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15915Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751214042819A
- Case key
- 152023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4176 75/12/14 GORDONSVILLE,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1180 TIME - 1240 N15915 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GORDONSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RALEIGH,NC CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- PLT RQSTD VFR ARPT.VECTORED TO WRONG ARPT,UNLIGHTED,ADZD LIGHTS FULL UP,PROCEEDED TO LAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15915
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gordonsville
N15915Registration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · 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.