- Date
- April 12, 1976
- Place
- Cleveland, TN · CLEVELAND, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82002Piper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760412008099A
- Case key
- 153568
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0820 76/4/12 CLEVELAND,TN PIPER PA-31T CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5450 TIME - 0814 N82002 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 296 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARDWICK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA CLEVELAND,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- UPSLOPE TRRN BFR RWY.T/D ABT 90 FT SHORT OF RWY.PLT HAD A COLD & EAR BLOCK FOR A WEEK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82002
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hardwick Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.