- Date
- October 28, 1973
- Place
- Gordon, NE · GORDON, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55875Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731028034849A
- Case key
- 188163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3330 73/10/28 GORDON,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 790 TIME - 0915 N55875 PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 410 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR GORDON,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- OVR RAN STRIP COLLIDED WITH ROADSIDE DITCH.FROST ON ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55875
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N55875Registration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.