- Date
- July 25, 1972
- Place
- Lenoir, NC · LENOIR, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9538JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2783 72/7/25 LENOIR,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 363 TIME - 1940 N9538J PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWER CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULLAHOMA,TENN LENOIR,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT CAME TO REST ON END OF RWY 23.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9538J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lower Creek
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