- Date
- September 30, 1978
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR · HILLSBORO, OR
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5795FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780930034649A
- Case key
- 139129
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3181 78/9/30 NR.HILLSBORO,OR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1634 TIME - 1610 N5795F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN OAKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATTMPTD GO AROUND WITH CARB HEAT ON & FULL FLAPS. HIT TELEPHONE POLE & TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5795F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twin Oaks
N5795FRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.