- Date
- August 3, 1979
- Place
- Wheaton, MN · WHEATON, MN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9636CPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790803028439A
- Case key
- 134210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2733 79/8/3 WHEATON,MN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 72 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N9636C PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEATON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CRYSTAL,MN WHEATON,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE REMARKS- WND GUSTING 12KTS.PLT STATED-MISINTERPRETED WNDSOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9636C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wheaton Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.