FTW66F0511

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · San Antonio, TX · January 27, 1966

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 27, 1966
Place
San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N5292WPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report March 22, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
173769

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0197  66/1/27    SAN ANTONIO TEX     PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1035
        TIME - 2015                    N5292W              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STINSON         0
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION

Aircraft

Registration
N5292W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Stinson 0

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 N5292W · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.