- Date
- November 9, 1966
- Place
- Van Horn, TX · VAN HORN, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7391WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120304
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3763 66/11/9 VAN HORN TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1855 N7391W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULBERSON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT MISTOOK BOUNDARY LIGHTS FOR RUNWAY LIGHTING AND LANDED ON DIRT ROAD ON AIRFIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7391W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Culberson County
N7391WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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