- Date
- June 6, 1971
- Place
- Oak Bluffs, MA · OAK BLUFFS, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5695WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0161 71/6/6 OAK BLUFFS,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 300 TIME - 1945 N5695W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAK BLUFFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAK BLUFFS,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5695W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oak Bluffs
N5695WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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