- Date
- April 21, 1980
- Place
- Myerstown, PA · MYERSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8523CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800421009479A
- Case key
- 131330
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0898 80/4/21 MYERSTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 233 TIME - 2315 N8523C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEBANON VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYERSTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8523C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lebanon Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8523C · 1
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