- Date
- September 19, 1977
- Place
- Simsbury, CT · SIMSBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5425FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770919029019A
- Case key
- 145674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2334 77/9/19 SIMSBURY,CT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 131 TIME - 1400 N5425F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-TOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WESTFIELD,MA RETURN SIMSBURY,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5425F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-Town
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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.