- Date
- October 11, 1966
- Place
- Muenster, TX · MUENSTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1401APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0826 66/10/11 MUENSTER TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 450 TIME - 1720 N1401A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- PILOT PRACTICED LANDINGS ON GRAVEL ROAD.NUMEROUS WIRES OVER ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1401A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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