- Date
- April 13, 1965
- Place
- Othello, WA · OTHELLO, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5279WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179151
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0986 65/4/13 OTHELLO WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2000 TIME - 1730 N5279W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THACKER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- A/C COLLIDED WITH SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5279W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thacker Field
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Other investigations on N5279W · 2
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