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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R300 · Conroe, TX · February 9, 1996

Date
February 9, 1996 · 20:28 local
Place
Conroe, TX
Airport
Montgomery County Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5373F
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5

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.

Flew into ground circling to land after ILS approach. Observed over field. Runway lights not activated by pilot.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO GROUND CIRCLING TO LAND AFTER ILS APPROACH. OBSERVED OVER FIELD. RUNWAY LIGHTS NOT ACTIVATED BY PILOT.