- Date
- February 16, 1979
- Place
- Ainsworth, NE · AINSWORTH, NE
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2174APiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790216003019A
- Case key
- 137798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0216 79/2/16 AINSWORTH,NE PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 328 TIME - 2010 N2174A PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AINSWORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROKEN BOW,NE AINSWORTH,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- LANDING LIGHTS INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2174A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ainsworth
N2174ARegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2174A · 1
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