- Date
- March 25, 1975
- Place
- Jasper, AL · JASPER, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98039Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750325005479A
- Case key
- 147758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0513 75/3/25 JASPER,AL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1905 N98039 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 991 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JASPER,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLT INSTR ALLOWED STUDENT PLT TO DESCEND INTO TREES DRG SIM ENG OUT APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98039
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walker County
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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.
Other investigations on N98039 · 1
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