- Date
- September 20, 1973
- Place
- Laurens, IA · LAURENS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71ADPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730920029799A
- Case key
- 188526
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2873 73/9/20 LAURENS,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1806 TIME - 0100 N71AD PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 706 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAURENS SKYWAYS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMMETSBURG,IOWA LAURENS,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- UNLIGHTED RUNWAY.LNDD ALONGSIDE TURF RWY DRG ROLL SAW TREE UN AVOID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71AD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laurens Skyways
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.