- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- Sarosota, FL · SAROSOTA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42230Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770405009279A
- Case key
- 157758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2559 77/4/5 SAROSOTA,FL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 765 TIME - 0101 N42230 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 488 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRADENTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.PIERCE,FL SAROSOTA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42230
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bradenton
N42230Registration cancelled Jun 28, 2011 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.