- Date
- July 1, 1976
- Place
- Huntersville, NC · HUNTERSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5112YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760701019159A
- Case key
- 153973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1527 76/7/1 HUNTERSVILLE,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 75, 5000 TIME - 1830 N5112Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADFORD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTERSVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- RAN INTO DITCH ALONG THE END OF THE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5112Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bradford Field
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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.
Other investigations on N5112Y · 1
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