- Date
- May 17, 1977
- Place
- Post Mills, VT · POST MILLS, VT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9781WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770517012399A
- Case key
- 158185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1106 77/5/17 POST MILLS,VT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 134 TIME - 1150 N9781W PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POST MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH CONWAY NH POST MILLS,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- AIRPORT OPERATOR STATED GO-AROUND ATTEMPTED 1600FT DOWN 2300FT RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9781W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Post Mills
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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.