- Date
- July 21, 1971
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8813NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2642 71/7/21 TACOMA,WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 116 TIME - 1330 N8813N PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TACOMA-FIRECREST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TACOMA,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TRRN SLOPES DN FM APCH END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8813N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tacoma-Firecrest
N8813NRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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