- Date
- August 12, 1972
- Place
- Swansboro, NC · SWANSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8486YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1172 72/8/12 SWANSBORO,NC PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 2800 TIME - 1855 N8486Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAR HILL CLUB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINSTON,NC SWANSBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- IMPROPER SHORT FLD PROC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8486Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Star Hill Club
N8486YRegistration cancelled Mar 13, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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