- Date
- September 24, 1972
- Place
- Maple Hill, NC · MAPLE HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3380BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2531 72/9/24 MAPLE HILL,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 67 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N3380B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEONS AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAPLE HILL,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT RWY LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3380B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leons Airstrip
N3380BRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.