- Date
- February 9, 1976
- Place
- Bath Alum, VA · BATH ALUM, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33486Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760209003399A
- Case key
- 152878
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0249 76/2/9 BATH ALUM,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N33486 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 28, 3940 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 173 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG PINEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISE,VA BATH ALUM,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- T/D ABT MIDFIELD,BRAKING HAD LITTLE OR NO EFFECT.CLRD FIRST FENCE STRUCK OTR ABT 3FT HIGHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33486
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Piney
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.