- Date
- September 26, 1979
- Place
- Port Royal, VA · PORT ROYAL, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5894ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790926030999A
- Case key
- 134873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 79/9/26 PORT ROYAL,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1900 N5894Z PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA FREDERICKSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5894Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5894ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5894Z · 1
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