- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC · RIDGELAND, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5343HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908023279A
- Case key
- 133375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2495 79/9/8 RIDGELAND,SC PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 46, TIME - 1600 N5343H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 153 TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIDGELAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILTON HEAD,SC RIDGELAND,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5343H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ridgeland
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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.