- Date
- August 2, 1971
- Place
- Limestone, ME · LIMESTONE, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98384Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2777 71/8/2 LIMESTONE,ME PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1050 N98384 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORING AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMESTONE,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT AIRBORNE AFTER INITIAL T/D,CTCTD RWY 2 MORE TIMES IN A NOSE DWN ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98384
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Loring Afb
N98384Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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