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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24 · Llano, TX · July 15, 1989

Date
July 15, 1989 · 17:00 local
Place
Llano, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9183P
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW89LA139
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Unsafe gear lights. Extended manual engine lost power. Wing hit tree. Crashed. Had pulled idle cut off by mistake.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHTS. EXTENDED MANUAL ENGINE LOST POWER. WING HIT TREE. CRASHED. HAD PULLED IDLE CUT OFF BY MISTAKE.

NTSB investigation

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