- Date
- December 31, 1971
- Place
- Montgomery, MD · MONTGOMERY, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3978KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4194 71/12/31 MONTGOMERY,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1705 N3978K PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA MONTGOMERY,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3978K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery Co
N3978KRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3978K · 1
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