- Date
- March 20, 1979
- Place
- New Castle, PA · NEW CASTLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56953Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790320004989A
- Case key
- 137337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0401 79/3/20 NEW CASTLE,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 440 TIME - 1215 N56953 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW CASTLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CASTLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56953
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Castle
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.