- Date
- January 24, 1971
- Place
- Columbus, NE · COLUMBUS, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9471JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0175 71/1/24 COLUMBUS,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 234 TIME - 2035 N9471J PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLAND,NEBR COLUMBUS,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE COPILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- HIT WIRES 40 FT AGL 1 MI FROM RWY DURING PRACTICE VOR APCH. WEA CLEAR. OBS PLT DIDNT MONITOR ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9471J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbus
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