- Date
- September 14, 1978
- Place
- Dawson, GA · DAWSON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7632PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780914030439A
- Case key
- 139303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3087 78/9/14 DAWSON,GA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 245 TIME - 2045 N7632P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAWSON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAWSON,GA ALBANY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING REMARKS- PLT REPORTED FIRST 1000 FEET OF RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7632P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dawson Municipal
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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.