Piper PA-22 N8731C
28 October 1979 · Des Moines, Iowa, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 October 1979 at about 11:30 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N8731C was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Nearest airport
- North Field
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22
- Registration
- N8731C
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2751
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WND GUSTING 11KTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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