- Date
- December 19, 1967
- Place
- Manvel, TX · MANVEL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6885PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0939 67/12/19 MANVEL,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1178 TIME - 1535 N6885P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- CONTROLLER FAILD TO RECOGNIZE NEED FOR ADDTNL ASSISTANCE,INCLUDING MIN TURNS.PLT ON NEEDLE-BALL AP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6885P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- William P Hobby
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