- Date
- September 20, 1978
- Place
- Northampton, MA · NORTHAMPTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780920031202A19780920031201A
- Case key
- 139866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2957 78/9/20 NORTHAMPTON,MA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N9011C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 9800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 2 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFLEUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURNERS FALLS,MA NORTHAMPTON,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- N9011C OBSVD MAKING A WIDE LOW PATTERN AND UNDERRAN N56694.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2957 78/9/20 NORTHAMPTON,MA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N56694 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 1688 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 40 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFLEUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTHAMPTON,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO REMARKS- BROKE GLIDE OVR RWY NUMBERS.CTCTD OTR ACFT BELOW THIS ONE.N9011C SUBSTANTIAL DMG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N56694
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafleur
N56694Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N9011C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafleur
N9011CRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28R-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N56694 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.