- Date
- October 5, 1980
- Place
- Elk City, ID · ELK CITY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21170Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0025 80/10/5 NR.ELK CITY,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 143 TIME - UNK/NR N21170 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10/5/80.DATE OF INCIDENT PRESUMED,ACFT WAS MISSING SINCE 8/31/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21170
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
N21170Registration cancelled Jan 16, 2018 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N21170 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA93LA215Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTooele, UTThe pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was the fence.NTSB DEN89LA171Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAlpine, WYPilot's decision to land at an unlighted airport at night. The aircraft landed long and overran the runway.NTSB SEA80FAMS4Accident · 1 fatalClosedMissing Aircraft