- Date
- July 4, 1972
- Place
- Churchville, MD · CHURCHVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8941JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3781 72/7/4 CHURCHVILLE,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N8941J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 690 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 92 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALDINO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL CHURCHVILLE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NSE GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8941J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aldino
N8941JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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