- Date
- March 20, 1971
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6987PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0083 71/3/20 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 250 TIME - 0955 N6987P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY ATLANTIC CITY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 23K.T/D ABT 500FT BFR RWY END,CONT THRU OVRN DWN EMBANKMENT.NOSE GR HIT CEMENT BLOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6987P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bader Field