- Date
- March 25, 1978
- Place
- El Mirage, AZ · EL MIRAGE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3447ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780325004609A
- Case key
- 142604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0470 78/3/25 NR.EL MIRAGE,AZ PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 557 TIME - 1030 N3447Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 421 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,AZ EL MIRAGE,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DWNWND APP TO LND,STALLED FOLLOWING GO-AROUND AFTER CLEARING WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3447Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
N3447ZRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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 N3447Z · 1
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