- Date
- September 20, 1979
- Place
- Hartsville, SC · HARTSVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5137SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790920035519A
- Case key
- 133659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3111 79/9/20 HARTSVILLE,SC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 11000 TIME - 1950 N5137S PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBYVILLE,KY HARTSVILLE,SC 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5137S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hartsville
N5137SRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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