- Date
- July 31, 1974
- Place
- Honesdale, PA · HONESDALE, PA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8967NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740731021659A
- Case key
- 132492
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1949 74/7/31 HONESDALE,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 840 TIME - 1530 N8967N PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY RIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONESDALE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- PLT LANDED 110 FT SHORT OF RWY.LEFT GEAR STRUCK A LARGE ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8967N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cherry Ridge
N8967NRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8967N · 1
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