- Date
- August 21, 1978
- Place
- Warren, VT · WARREN, VT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8419YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780821027459A
- Case key
- 139808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2986 78/8/21 WARREN,VT PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 4000 TIME - 1635 N8419Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUGARBUSH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTERLY,RI WARREN,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8419Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sugarbush
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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.