- Date
- October 17, 1970
- Place
- Hartington, NE · HARTINGTON, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9145JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3996 70/10/17 HARTINGTON,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1520 N9145J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACY,MINN HARTINGTON,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- LND HALFWAY DOWN RWY,NO FLAP LDG. L QUARTERING TAIL WIND 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9145J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hartington
N9145JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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