- Date
- April 24, 1971
- Place
- Pell City, AL · PELL CITY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5303ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160897
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1416 71/4/24 PELL CITY,ALA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 247 TIME - 1815 N5303Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.CLAIR COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,ALA PELL CITY,ALA 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 ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5303Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Clair County
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