- Date
- April 11, 1978
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1401TPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780411007059A
- Case key
- 141846
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1108 78/4/11 MACON,GA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N1401T PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 46, 824 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 267 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS B.WILSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA MACON,GA 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1401T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis B.Wilson
N1401TRegistration cancelled May 7, 2002 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.