- Date
- October 18, 1974
- Place
- Titusville, FL · TITUSVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8884PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741018036429A
- Case key
- 143131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3565 74/10/18 TITUSVILLE,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 399 TIME - 1245 N8884P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGTON,W VA TITUSVILLE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT RPTD RUF ENG OPN ELECTED TO LND AT DUNN AIRPARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8884P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dunn Airpark
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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.