19800406008289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Victoria, TX · April 6, 1980

Date
April 6, 1980 · 18:00 local
Place
Victoria, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N15019
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FRG36
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
349 total64 in this make and model16 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.

Pilot continued into deteriorating weather & crashed attempting precautionary landing on highway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED INTO DETERIORATING WEATHER & CRASHED ATTEMPTING PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIGHWAY.

NTSB investigation

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