- Date
- October 9, 1974
- Place
- Fairmont, NE · FAIRMONT, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9387WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741009034399A
- Case key
- 140962
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3406 74/10/9 FAIRMONT,NEBR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 20 TOTAL TIME - 1850 N9387W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBURY,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH FARM TRACTOR ON UNLIGHTED CLOSED RWY AT NIGHT.STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST ON LCL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9387W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairmont
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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.
Other investigations on N9387W · 1
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