- Date
- August 18, 1964
- Place
- Danville, VA · DANVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8740WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0624 64/8/18 DANVILLE VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 200 TIME - 2022 N8740W PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANVILLE MUNCIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8740W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danville Muncipal
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