- Date
- May 31, 1964
- Place
- Lobos Island, PR · LOBOS ISLAND, PR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7038WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1497 64/5/31 LOBOS ISLAND PR PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N7038W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOBOS ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7038W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lobos Island
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