- Date
- December 13, 1981
- Place
- Kutztown, PA · KUTZTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19811213079231A19811213079232A
- Case key
- 123175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3457 81/12/13 KUTZTOWN,PA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N7781Z PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 24, 2967 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KUTZTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ACFT HOLDING SHORT OF RWY17 ON OVERRUN OF RWY35.N231RK T/D ON LAST 1/3 OF RWY35.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3457 81/12/13 KUTZTOWN,PA MOONEY M20K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 350 TIME - 1400 N231RK PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KUTZTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOYLESTOWN,PA KUTZTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N231RK
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
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.
- Registration
- N7781Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kutztown
N7781ZRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Accident 19811213079231AMooney M20K · Kutztown, PALanding aircraft struck N7781Z.aircraft which was waiting for landing aircraft to clear. Was overshooting landing.Accident 19811213079232APiper PA25235 · Kutztown, PAWas struck by overshooting landing aircraft N231RK while waiting for the aircraft to complete his landing.