- Date
- January 23, 1966
- Place
- Spur, TX · SPUR, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5768WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0032 66/1/23 SPUR TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 183 TIME - 1730 N5768W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPUR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- PILOT SWERVED AIRCRAFT TO AVOID OBJECT ON RUNWAY OF UNATTENDED AIRPORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5768W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spur
N5768WRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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 N5768W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.