- Date
- March 31, 1981
- Place
- New Bedford, MA · NEW BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9953TPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810331016449A
- Case key
- 127085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0910 81/3/31 NEW BEDFORD,MA PIPER PA-38 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1040 N9953T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY NEW BEDFORD,MA 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 67 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WND GSTG 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9953T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Bedford
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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.