- Date
- October 16, 1976
- Place
- Portsmouth, NH · PORTSMOUTH, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41738Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761016032569A
- Case key
- 156027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3030 76/10/16 PORTSMOUTH,NH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 185 TIME - 0950 N41738 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEASE AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA PORTSMOUTH,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ACFT HIT VASI LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41738
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pease Afb
N41738Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine 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.