- Date
- March 13, 1980
- Place
- Portland, ME · PORTLAND, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1016XPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800313005819A
- Case key
- 131984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0814 80/3/13 PORTLAND,ME PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1203 N1016X PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- PROP HIT,3BOUNCES.RUDDER CNCTD TO DMGD NOSE WHL/STEERING.UN TURN BACK TO RWY.HIT TREE,FORCED LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1016X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland Intl
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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.