- Date
- April 27, 1978
- Place
- Culebra Is, PR · CULEBRA IS, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6772LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780427008939A
- Case key
- 142028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1823 78/4/27 CULEBRA IS,PR PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N6772L PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 24, 2400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 65 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULEBRA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CULEBRA IS,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 84 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6772L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Culebra
FAA reports on this event · 1
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