- Date
- October 13, 1971
- Place
- Marshalltown, IA · MARSHALLTOWN, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4031RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4126 71/10/13 MARSHALLTOWN,IOWA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 264 TIME - 1000 N4031R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IOWA KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4031R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4031RRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2002 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4031R · 1
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