- Date
- March 15, 1973
- Place
- Pelham, GA · PELHAM, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5545FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730315005859A
- Case key
- 170586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0937 73/3/15 PELHAM,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 666 TIME - 1100 N5545F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- ENG SPUTTERED THEN REGAINED PWR.DRG CLB OUT L WING AT REAR INBOARD AREA HIT TOP OF FENCE POST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5545F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.