- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Montgomeryvlle, PA · MONTGOMERYVLLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5557FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165814
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0612 72/4/2 MONTGOMERYVLLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 100 TIME - 1600 N5557F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERYVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINDEN,NJ MONTGOMERYVLLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND IN CRAB AND BOUNCED TWICE. PLT RETRACTED FULL FLAPS ON GO AROUND. GUSTING TO 12K. HIT QUARRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5557F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montgomeryville
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