- Date
- March 20, 1977
- Place
- Needles, CA · NEEDLES, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3595WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770320005719A
- Case key
- 157657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0450 77/3/20 NR.NEEDLES,CA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 176 TIME - 1300 N3595W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEEDLES,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ABORTED LDG & LEFT LDG GEAR HIT ROCK. PILOT FLEW TO NEEDLES FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3595W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willow Valley
N3595WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3595W · 1
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