- Date
- October 3, 1976
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3866WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761003033799A
- Case key
- 156517
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3996 76/10/3 VALDOSTA,GA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 52, TIME - 1315 N3866W PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 120 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUCHULA,FL BLAIRSVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3866W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
N3866WRegistered now · 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.