- Date
- February 10, 1976
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7844CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760210004089A
- Case key
- 149826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0121 76/2/10 ALLENTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 314 TIME - 1434 N7844C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUEEN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO ENTR STEEP CLB BFR DSCNT.TRIM ACTUATOR SCREW FOR STAB TRIM-ELEVEN THREADS TOP SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7844C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Queen City
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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.