- Date
- July 25, 1979
- Place
- Ocean Isle, NC · OCEAN ISLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7045DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790725018519A
- Case key
- 133833
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 79/7/25 OCEAN ISLE,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 467 TIME - 2155 N7045D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN ISLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC SOUTHPORT,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: GO-AROUND GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- JUICE CAN LODGED BEHIND LEFT RUDDER PEDAL DISTRACTED PIC AS HE ATTEMPTD TO ADJUST FOR LFT XWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7045D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean Isle
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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 N7045D · 1
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