- Date
- July 27, 1974
- Place
- Sheffield, PA · SHEFFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8958NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740727025119A
- Case key
- 134387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2502 74/7/27 SHEFFIELD,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 150 TIME - 1645 N8958N PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ SHEFFIELD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ACFT SLID OFF END OF RWY INTO A DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8958N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherry Grove
N8958NRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.