- Date
- July 6, 1971
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5396SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2419 71/7/6 NORWOOD,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1750 N5396S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORWOOD,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- FIRST SOLO FLT.SLIGHT X-WND,ACFT BOUNCED ON LDG,PLT ATMPTD GO-ARND,VEERED L,HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5396S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood
N5396SRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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