- Date
- February 18, 1981
- Place
- Kona Village, HI · KONA VILLAGE, HI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7708JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810218004309A
- Case key
- 127289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0158 81/2/18 KONA VILLAGE,HI PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 3253 TIME - 1300 N7708J PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAUPULEHU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HI KONA VILLAGE,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7708J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kaupulehu
N7708JRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.