- Date
- December 29, 1979
- Place
- Amityville, NY · AMITYVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4372JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791229035339A
- Case key
- 132053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3585 79/12/29 AMITYVILLE,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 260 TIME - 1505 N4372J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHNS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMITYVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- LNDD NOSE WHEEL FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4372J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Zahns
N4372JRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2011 · 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.
Other investigations on N4372J · 1
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