- Date
- October 19, 1980
- Place
- Limerick, ME · LIMERICK, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9514WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801019057199A
- Case key
- 128386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3040 80/10/19 LIMERICK,ME PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 506 TIME - 1600 N9514W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIMERICK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMERICK,ME 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 FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 19K.PLT RDCD FLAP FM 2ND NOTCH TO FIRST NOTCH OVR TREES,UN CK DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9514W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Limerick
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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 N9514W · 2
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