- Date
- September 23, 1974
- Place
- Tarrant City, AL · TARRANT CITY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41481Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740923029939A
- Case key
- 136676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2983 74/9/23 TARRANT CITY,ALA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 531 TIME - 1215 N41481 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON TRACTOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,ALA TARRANT CITY,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- CROSSED DITCH CONT ONTO A PUBLIC STREET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41481
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thompson Tractor
N41481Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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 N41481 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA95FA145Accident · 6 fatalField investigationFinal reportGainesville, FLThe pilot's loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation after continuing the VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors relating to the accident were: the existing weather conditions and dark night that contributed to the pilot's…NTSB MIA76FKG53Accident · No injuriesClosedDalton, GA