- Date
- January 7, 1971
- Place
- Orofino, ID · OROFINO, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4270RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0007 71/1/7 OROFINO,ID PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2012 TIME - 1030 N4270R PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 794 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OROFINO,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BUCKLED REMARKS- BRIGHT SNOWBANKS ON SIDES OF RWY. ISJUDGE ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4270R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Island
N4270RRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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