19790411006679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA22 · Granbury, TX · April 11, 1979

Date
April 11, 1979 · 12:30 local
Place
Granbury, TX
Airport
Granbury
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4742A
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DPD13
Reported as
Piper PA22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
29,700 total351 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Due to strong crosswind, pilot let aircraft drift to side of runway on landing. Hit a ditch and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

DUE TO STRONG CROSSWIND, PILOT LET AIRCRAFT DRIFT TO SIDE OF RUNWAY ON LANDING. HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.