- Date
- April 18, 1973
- Place
- Rehoboth Bch, DE · REHOBOTH BCH, DE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3776RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730418009679A
- Case key
- 170514
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0968 73/4/18 REHOBOTH BCH,DEL PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 138 TIME - 1100 N3776R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENOBOTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COATESVILLE,PA REHOBOTH BCH,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD STRONG GUST,UP DRAFT ABT 10-15FT AGL.HIT GND NOSE LOW.WIND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3776R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Renoboth
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3776R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB NYC90LA153Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHigh Point Lake, PAA loss of control upon touchdown and during the go around, which resulted in uncontrolled contact with the windsock and a rock quarry. Contributing was the excessive speed of the aircraft (reported 80 knots) upon initial touchdown.NTSB NYC71DGM26Accident · Minor injuriesClosedValencia, PA