- Date
- May 27, 1981
- Place
- La Grangeville, NY · LA GRANGEVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74HBPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810527028579A
- Case key
- 125740
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1413 81/5/27 LA GRANGEVILLE,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2022 TIME - 1530 N74HB PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 1921 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA GRANGEVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PRACTICE ENG OUT PROCEDURE.WIND GUSTING 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74HB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sky Acres
N74HBRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
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 N74HB · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL86LA089Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHanceville, ALWhile enroute to birmingham the pilot experienced a complete power failure when no. 2 cylinder separated from the engine assembly. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing on interstate 65 near Hanceville, AL, and the aircraftcollided with an…NTSB NYC80FNA21Accident · No injuriesClosedEdgartown, MA