- Date
- February 29, 1976
- Place
- Greenwood, WV · GREENWOOD, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6438JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760229003579A
- Case key
- 152610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0251 76/2/29 GREENWOOD,WV PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 400 TIME - 1130 N6438J PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 365 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OH GREENWOOD,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LONG T/D,R WING STRUCK FARM BLDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6438J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private
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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.