- Date
- May 8, 1979
- Place
- Steamburg, NY · STEAMBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6172WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790508008739A
- Case key
- 136134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1020 79/5/8 STEAMBURG,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 207 TIME - 1830 N6172W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIERCE RUN ROAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORCHARD PARK,NY STEAMBURG,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6172W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pierce Run Road
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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