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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Knox City, TX · August 23, 1980

Date
August 23, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Knox City, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N57746
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DPD43
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,865 total2,300 in this make and model350 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 encountered turbulence which forced aircraft into ground causing substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHICH FORCED AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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