- Date
- April 7, 1979
- Place
- Monroeville, PA · MONROEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5720DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790407007369A
- Case key
- 137109
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0902 79/4/7 MONROEVILLE,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 126 TIME - 1330 N5720D PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTSBRG-MONROEVL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MONROEVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5720D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pittsbrg-Monroevl
N5720DRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.