- Date
- August 25, 1972
- Place
- Hatteras, NC · HATTERAS, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3721TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3102 72/8/25 HATTERAS,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 188 TIME - 1836 N3721T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BILLY MITCHELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTON,NC HATTERAS,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT SAND DUNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3721T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Billy Mitchell