- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Place
- Mattituck, NY · MATTITUCK, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N33165Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760923029309A
- Case key
- 155575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3693 76/9/23 MATTITUCK,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 800 TIME - 1130 N33165 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTITUCK AIRBASE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY MATTITUCK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- TAXIING BACK ON R SIDE OF RWY,OTR ACFT ON FINAL.HIT FENCE OBSCURED BY SHRUBBERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33165
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mattituck Airbase
N33165Registration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.