- Date
- June 12, 1979
- Place
- Erie, PA · ERIE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43218Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790612016919A
- Case key
- 135415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1979 79/6/12 ERIE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 66 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N43218 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ERIE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOUNGSTOWN,OH ERIE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43218
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Erie Intl
N43218Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine 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.