- Date
- December 14, 1979
- Place
- Osawatomie, KS · OSAWATOMIE, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2078NPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791214033709A
- Case key
- 132950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3057 79/12/14 OSAWATOMIE,KS PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 32, 340 TIME - 1100 N2078N PX- 0 0 3 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OSAWATOMIE-PAOLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OLATHE,KS DALLAS,TX OSAWATOMIE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- TALL GRASS OBSCURED BARRELS USED FOR RWY MARKERS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2078N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Osawatomie-Paola
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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.