- Date
- November 9, 1978
- Place
- Riverhead, NY · RIVERHEAD, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3990RPipep PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781109038659A
- Case key
- 137945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4054 78/11/9 RIVERHEAD,NY PIPEP PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 258 TIME - 1600 N3990R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERHEAD AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMITYVILLE,NY BRIDGEPORT,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PILOT APPROACHED DIRT ROAD ON AIRPORT FOR LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH PIPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3990R
- Reported as
- Pipep PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Riverhead Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3990R · 1
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