- Date
- April 30, 1978
- Place
- Westbrook, MN · WESTBROOK, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3498APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780430018909A
- Case key
- 142153
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1979 78/4/30 WESTBROOK,MN PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 183 TIME - 2245 N3498A PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTBROOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDOM,MN WESTBROOK,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- HIT CAR PROVIDING LIGHTING ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3498A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westbrook
N3498ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3498A · 1
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