- Date
- July 28, 1978
- Place
- Quartz Hill, CA · QUARTZ HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4915TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780728027779A
- Case key
- 140825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2658 78/7/28 QUARTZ HILL,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 23 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N4915T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUARTZ HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUARTZ HILL,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4915T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quartz Hill
N4915TRegistration cancelled Dec 10, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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 N4915T · 1
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