- Date
- May 1, 1976
- Place
- Lincoln, RI · LINCOLN, RI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6797JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760501009039A
- Case key
- 153893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1100 76/5/1 LINCOLN,RI PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 273 TIME - 1300 N6797J PX- 0 0 3 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH CENTRAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,RI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- HIT RWY EMBANKMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6797J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Central
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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.