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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Valencia, PA · November 6, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
November 6, 1971
Place
Valencia, PA · VALENCIA, PA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7140RPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report April 26, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
163806

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3523   71/11/6   VALENCIA,PA         PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 140
        TIME - 1205                    N7140R              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GLADE MILL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EDENSBURG,PA                VALENCIA,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- LNDD LONG,ATMTD GOARND,ACFT WENT OFF END OF RWY,DOWN STEEP INCLINE,HIT TREES.

Aircraft

Registration
N7140R
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Glade Mill

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.