- Date
- January 22, 1972
- Place
- Brewster, WA · BREWSTER, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5279WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0361 72/1/22 BREWSTER,WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1445 N5279W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BREWSTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BREWSTER,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HIT 2FT HI SNWBNK JUST SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5279W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brewster
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Other investigations on N5279W · 2
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