- Date
- July 17, 1970
- Place
- Flanders, NJ · FLANDERS, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5982UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3042 70/7/17 FLANDERS,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 85 TOTAL TIME - 1350 N5982U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLANDERS VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLANDERS,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT HEDGE AND BANK 20 YDS FROM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5982U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flanders Valley
N5982URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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