- Date
- October 3, 1975
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7740JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751003032379A
- Case key
- 151188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3134 75/10/3 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N7740J PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILGROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC CHARLOTTE,NC 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 - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7740J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilgrove
N7740JRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.