- Date
- November 9, 1978
- Place
- Arcata, CA · ARCATA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43939Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781109035939A
- Case key
- 138971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2905 78/11/9 ARCATA,CA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 152 TIME - 1235 N43939 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCATA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 53 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 28 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43939
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arcata
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.