- Date
- August 29, 1975
- Place
- Hutchinson, KS · HUTCHINSON, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1040UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750829027399A
- Case key
- 150749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2901 75/8/29 HUTCHINSON,KS PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 610 TIME - 1220 N1040U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 406 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HABIT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHOENIX,AZ CHARLIEVOIX,MI HUTCHINSON,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIGHLINES ACROSS CLOSED RWY.PLT MANEUVERED TO MISS PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1040U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Habit Field
N1040URegistered now · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1040U · 1
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