- Date
- October 18, 1981
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR · GOLD BEACH, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7686PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811018068929A
- Case key
- 123361
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2686 81/10/18 GOLD BEACH,OR PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1434 TIME - 1810 N7686P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 930 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHAMPION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUN RIVER,OR GOLD BEACH,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- LEFT GEAR HIT GRAVEL MOUND SHORT OF THRESHOLD,BROKE OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7686P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Champion
N7686PRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.