- Date
- February 7, 1971
- Place
- Russellville, AL · RUSSELLVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8370RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159786
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0689 71/2/7 RUSSELLVILLE,ALA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 55, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N8370R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELLVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUSSELLVILLE,ALA RUSSELLVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- PLT FLARED HIGH,APPLIED EXCESSIVE RUD,LOST DIR CNTRL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8370R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Russellville
N8370RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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