- Date
- August 28, 1965
- Place
- Spearman, TX · SPEARMAN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5552YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2470 65/8/28 SPEARMAN TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2324 N5552Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 2651 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1178 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPEARMAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION-VEHICLE PARKED CLOSE TO RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5552Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spearman
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