FAA accident report · Piper 601PSMITH · New Braunfels, TX · February 16, 1979
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft was observed to dive out of an overcast and burn on ground contact.
AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO DIVE OUT OF AN OVERCAST AND BURN ON GROUND CONTACT.
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.