- Date
- August 6, 1962
- Place
- Rocky Mount, NC · ROCKY MOUNT, NC
- Injuries
- 24 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40415Martin 404
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0060 62/8/6 ROCKY MOUNT,NC MARTIN 404 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1010 N40415 PX- 0 0 20 37, 14700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 193 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKY MOUNT OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BALTIMORE,MD KNOXVILLE,TENN ROCKY MOUNT,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- TOUCHED DOWN HARD 71 FT SHORT OF RWY FROM LOW APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40415
- Reported as
- Martin 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rocky Mount
N40415Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Martin 404Airframe modelMartin 404Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 series
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Other investigations on N40415 · 1
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