- Date
- November 19, 1966
- Place
- Bridgeton, NJ · BRIDGETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5779WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3679 66/11/19 BRIDGETON NJ PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N5779W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LICALZI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- LANDED ON RUNWAY AFTER STRIKING TREES DURING APPROACH.NO TREE STRIKE DAMAGE REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5779W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Licalzi
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