- Date
- November 25, 1968
- Place
- Lawrenceburg, TN · LAWRENCEBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5781PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4168 68/11/25 LAWRENCEBURG,TENN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 2109 TIME - 0330 N5781P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAWRENCEBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5781P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lawrenceburg
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