- Date
- October 29, 1976
- Place
- Woodlawn, VA · WOODLAWN, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3641ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761029035219A
- Case key
- 156355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3492 76/10/29 WOODLAWN,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N3641Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 464 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 22 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSVILLE,VA WOODLAWN,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- LANDED IN FIELD BY RELATIVE'S HOUSE ESTIMATED DOWNHILL SLOPE OF 20 DEGREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3641Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3641Z · 1
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