- Date
- August 10, 1980
- Place
- Galway, NY · GALWAY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27968Piper J3
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800810067819A
- Case key
- 197875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2856 80/8/10 GALWAY,NY PIPER J3 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1780 TIME - 1600 N27968 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GALWAY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27968
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Galway
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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.