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Nevada DOT, Empire Airfield
Paul Freeman, "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Nevada"
SkyVector.com, Aeronautical Charts - Flight Planning

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 == See Also ==
+* [[Aviation accidents]]
 * [[Black Rock Desert Gunnery Range]]
 * [[Empire]]
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 * Paul Freeman, "[http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NV/Airfields_NV_NW.htm Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Northwestern Nevada]"
 * [http://skyvector.com/ SkyVector.com], Aeronautical Charts - Flight Planning
-== Accidents ==
-* [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X28429&key=1 Gerlach, May, 01 1989]
-<pre>
-NTSB Identification: SEA89LA077 .
-The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 38297.
-CFR Part 91: General Aviation
-Accident occurred Monday, May 01, 1989 in GERLACH, NV
-Probable Cause Approval Date: 1/22/1991
-Aircraft: PIPER PA-38-112, registration: N4439E
-Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
-THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) ELECTED TO DEMONSTRATE A SOFT FIELD LANDING AT AN UNIMPROVED RANCH STRIP. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND, HE SAW MOUNDS OF SOFT DIRT ON THE STRIP & INCREASED POWER TO 'CARRY THE GLIDE BEYOND THEM.' SUBSEQUENTLY, HE REALIZED THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO COMPLETE THE LANDING, SO HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HE APPLIED FULL POWER & RAISED THE ACFT'S NOSE TO CLEAR A FENCE, BUT THE ACFT LOST FLYING SPEED & SETTLED INTO A FIELD BEYOND THE LANDING AREA. THE LANDING GEAR THEN HIT AN IRRIGATION PIPE & WAS DAMAGED.
-The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
-A DELAY BY THE PILOT IN ABORTING THE LANDING AND HIS FAILURE TO ASSURE SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED FOR THE GO-AROUND (ABORTED LANDING). A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE UNSUITABLE LANDING AREA THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE PILOT.
-</pre>

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