- Date
- March 11, 1981
- Place
- Petaluma, CA · PETALUMA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N102EAPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810311009139A
- Case key
- 126871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0389 81/3/11 PETALUMA,CA PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 684 TIME - 1600 N102EA PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 339 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CA PETALUMA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LANDED IN UNIMPROVED OVERRUN AREA 250 FT SHORT OF RUNWAY.NOSE GEAR HIT DIRT RIDGE AND COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102EA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Ranch
N102EARegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.