- Date
- October 4, 1974
- Place
- Haverhill, MA · HAVERHILL, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8859PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741004033659A
- Case key
- 141088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3135 74/10/4 HAVERHILL,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0840 N8859P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 1900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 102 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAVERHILL-RIVRSDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAVERHILL,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STUDENT STARTED GO-AROUND IN NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE INSTRUCTOR LOWERED NOSE TO PREVENT STALL HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8859P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haverhill-Rivrsde
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.