- Date
- August 17, 1967
- Place
- Port Oconnor, TX · PORT OCONNOR, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9649JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2941 67/8/17 PORT OCONNOR,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1100 TIME - 1530 N9649J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATAGORDA ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON NARROW SHELL ROAD- WINGS STRUCK HIGH,THICK WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9649J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Matagorda Island
N9649JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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