- Date
- March 30, 1980
- Place
- Havre, MT · HAVRE, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8820PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800330007219A
- Case key
- 131958
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0738 80/3/30 HAVRE,MT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 440 TIME - 0740 N8820P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 329 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAVRE CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAVRE,MT GLASGOW,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN. LND WITH HIGH SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8820P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Havre City
N8820PRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2009 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8820P · 1
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