- Date
- August 29, 1965
- Place
- Dell City, TX · DELL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7645PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175962
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2411 65/8/29 DELL CITY TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 550 TIME - 1430 N7645P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTON GIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK 6 FOOT HIGH POLE 30 FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7645P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cotton Gin
N7645PRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N7645P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA87LA104Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNavarre, FLShortly after take off with the fuel selector positioned to the rt tank, at an alt of aprx 250 feet, the eng quit. The plt force landed the acft in an inter coastal waterway with the landing gear extended. Insp of the acft revealed that the eng quit due to…NTSB UNK65X0715Accident · No injuriesClosedAshland, NJ