- Date
- March 3, 1968
- Place
- Hialeah, FL · HIALEAH, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8975PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111989
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0471 68/3/3 HIALEAH,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1014 TIME - 1719 N8975P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C.C.OF MIAMI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8975P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- C.C.Of Miami
N8975PRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N8975P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC87FA169Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportKanorado, KSThe fss stated they had personally briefed the student pilot on the wx en route for this night flight and told him VFR was not recommended. At the first stop, he called the co-owner of the airplane and told her he had been flying around storms. At the next…NTSB IAD73FIG27Accident · No injuriesClosedBaltimore, MD