- Date
- August 31, 1975
- Place
- Protection, KS · PROTECTION, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43439Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750831026259A
- Case key
- 150839
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2660 75/8/31 PROTECTION,KS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 125 TIME - 1945 N43439 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROTECTION MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DODGE CITY,KS PROTECTION,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH WINDSOCK STRUCTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43439
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Protection Muni
N43439Registration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.