- Date
- July 30, 1980
- Place
- Humboldt, IA · HUMBOLDT, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2CLPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800730031909A
- Case key
- 129791
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1168 80/7/30 HUMBOLDT,IA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 279 TIME - 1810 N2CL PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMBOLDT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORREST CITY,IA HUMBOLDT,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2CL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Humboldt
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2CL · 1
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