- Date
- August 11, 1979
- Place
- Hay Springs, NE · HAY SPRINGS, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3397WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790811017979A
- Case key
- 135033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1360 79/8/11 NR.HAY SPRINGS,NE PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 721 TIME - 1655 N3397W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 336 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ALLIANCE,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3397W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3397WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.