- Date
- December 8, 1977
- Place
- Pahrump, NV · PAHRUMP, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47630Piper PA32R
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771208037129A
- Case key
- 144377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3447 77/12/8 PAHRUMP,NV PIPER PA32R CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0950 N47630 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 48, 3574 TOTAL HOURS, 390 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PAHRUMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV PAHRUMP,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LOW APPROACH TO LDG ACFT STRUCK GRAVEL TRUCK SEVERED LEFT MAIN GEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47630
- Reported as
- Piper PA32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pahrump
N47630Registered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N47630 · 1
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