- Date
- January 20, 1971
- Place
- Mansfield, MA · MANSFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5787UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0571 71/1/20 MANSFIELD,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 137 TIME - 1136 N5787U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANSFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5787U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mansfield
N5787URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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