- Date
- December 22, 1978
- Place
- Laurel, MD · LAUREL, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4472XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781222036989A
- Case key
- 139170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3414 78/12/22 LAUREL,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N4472X PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUBURBAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TREES OBSTRUCTIING APCH TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4472X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Suburban
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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.