- Date
- June 3, 1972
- Place
- St.Augustine, FL · ST.AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5812UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0750 72/6/3 ST.AUGUSTINE,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1140 N5812U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 49, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 408 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.AUGUSTINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.AUGUSTINE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE DUAL STUDENT - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- STUDENT PLT OPENED THROTTLE JUST BFOR TOUCHDOWN 60 FT SHORT OF RWY. ENG COUGHED MOMENTARILY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5812U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Augustine
N5812URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.