- Date
- May 23, 1981
- Place
- Orcas, WA · ORCAS, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6914CPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810523028179A
- Case key
- 126021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1013 81/5/23 NR.ORCAS,WA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 330 TIME - 1300 N6914C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRANE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA ORCAS,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6914C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crane Island
N6914CRegistration cancelled Mar 12, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28R-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 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.