- Date
- September 28, 1981
- Place
- Poplar Bluff, MO · POPLAR BLUFF, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2437DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810928063509A
- Case key
- 123209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2243 81/9/28 POPLAR BLUFF,MO PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 35 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N2437D PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EARL FIELDS MEML DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POPLAR BLUFF,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PRACTICING TOUCH & GO LNDGS,1ST 3000FT OF RWY.HIT TRACTOR,400FT FM DEP END.RWY REPAIR,NO NOTAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2437D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Earl Fields Meml
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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.