- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Carefree, AZ · CAREFREE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8863NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717022209A
- Case key
- 154380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1828 76/7/17 CAREFREE,AZ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 21 TOTAL TIME - 0715 N8863N PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAREFREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAREFREE,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8863N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carefree
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8863N · 1
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