- Date
- October 25, 1971
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO · GRAIN VALLEY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21JDN. American SNJ-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4407 71/10/25 GRAIN VALLEY,MO N. AMERICAN SNJ-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 7196 TIME - 2335 N21JD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1150 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST KANSAS CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,MO GRAIN VALLEY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LNDG RWY 23,HIT PWR POLE LCTD 400-500FT NE OF APCH END.LNDD RWY 27 W/O FURTHER DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21JD
- Reported as
- N. American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Kansas City
N21JDRegistered now · North American SNJ-5Airframe modelNorth American SNJ-5Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.