- Date
- June 20, 1977
- Place
- Titusville, PA · TITUSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5974UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770620015069A
- Case key
- 157205
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2315 77/6/20 TITUSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N5974U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TITUSVILLE ARPRT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKLIN,PA TITUSVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5974U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Titusville Arprt
N5974URegistered 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.