- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Othello, WA · OTHELLO, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8756PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512011319A
- Case key
- 190575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1178 73/5/12 OTHELLO,WASH PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 580 TIME - 1038 N8756P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TANGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERMISTON,OREG OTHELLO,WASH 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 FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND ABOUT 50 FT SHORT OF GRAVEL ROAD. NOSE GR HIT DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8756P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tango
N8756PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8756P · 1
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