- Date
- May 8, 1976
- Place
- Fairfield, NJ · FAIRFIELD, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1930TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760508012159A
- Case key
- 153443
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1526 76/5/8 FAIRFIELD,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 521 TIME - 1016 N1930T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL WRIGHT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRFIELD,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT FELT HE MAY HAVE APLD THROTTLE TOO RAPIDLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1930T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caldwell Wright
N1930TRegistered now · 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.