- Date
- February 20, 1977
- Place
- Tiptonville, TN · TIPTONVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5305WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770220003259A
- Case key
- 157152
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0274 77/2/20 TIPTONVILLE,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1840 N5305W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOOCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIPTONVILLE,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- UNLIGHTED STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5305W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gooch Strip
N5305WRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.
Other investigations on N5305W · 1
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