- Date
- August 9, 1979
- Place
- Alton, MO · ALTON, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5931WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790809021309A
- Case key
- 135260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1952 79/8/9 NR.ALTON,MO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1620 N5931W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIGMAN RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALTON,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5931W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pigman Ranch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5931W · 1
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