- Date
- April 22, 1976
- Place
- Oberlin, KS · OBERLIN, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8055CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760422008919A
- Case key
- 153551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0802 76/4/22 OBERLIN,KS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N8055C PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 19, 548 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLBY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LDG ON ROAD,DTMND ROAD TOO MUDDY,INITIATED GO-AROUND.R WING STRUCK HIGHWAY STOP SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8055C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8055CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine 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.