- Date
- March 29, 1976
- Place
- Bridgeton, NJ · BRIDGETON, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7497HPiper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760329006729A
- Case key
- 153292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1084 76/3/29 BRIDGETON,NJ PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 67 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N7497H PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGETON,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- ACFT BOUNCED TWICE,PLT LOST CTL.OTR FLT EXP IN TRI-GEAR ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7497H
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bucks
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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.