- Date
- August 12, 1976
- Place
- Festus, MO · FESTUS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55037Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760812023289A
- Case key
- 154913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2272 76/8/12 FESTUS,MO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N55037 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FESTUS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MT VERNON,IL RETURN PERRYVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55037
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Festus Memorial
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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.