- Date
- April 14, 1973
- Place
- Langhorne, PA · LANGHORNE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4897TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730414008479A
- Case key
- 170667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0826 73/4/14 LANGHORNE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N4897T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUEHL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGHORNE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- HIGH APCH,DID NOT ADD PWR DRG GO-AROUND.SETTLED INTO WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4897T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buehl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4897T · 1
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