- Date
- August 4, 1976
- Place
- Pioche, NV · PIOCHE, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7291YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760804026599A
- Case key
- 155423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2449 76/8/4 PIOCHE,NV PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2000 TIME - 0500 N7291Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV PIOCHE,NV 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 - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PILOT LANDED WITH SUN DIRECTLY IN HIS EYES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7291Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williams Ranch
N7291YRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 2006 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7291Y · 1
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