- Date
- March 7, 1980
- Place
- Sauk Centre, MN · SAUK CENTRE, MN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N333JDPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800307005089A
- Case key
- 131478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1099 80/3/7 SAUK CENTRE,MN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1955 N333JD PX- 0 0 4 DUAL AGE 23, 407 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAUK CENTRE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALEXANDRIA,MN SAUK CENTRE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- HIT SNOW EMBANKMENT APRX 45FT BFR THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333JD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sauk Centre Muni
N333JDRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-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.