- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Salmanca, NY · SALMANCA, NY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4095RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520011189A
- Case key
- 142032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1569 78/5/20 SALMANCA,NY PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 833 TIME - 1935 N4095R PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 384 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBOIS,PA SALMANCA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- BOTH WINGS DMGD.WIND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4095R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elkdale
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4095R · 1
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