- Date
- October 29, 1967
- Place
- Del Rio, TX · DEL RIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3229WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113493
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0801 67/10/29 DEL RIO,TEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N3229W PX- 0 1 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 20, 1000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEL RIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- SKY DIVER CAUGHT IN OPEN DOOR,ACFT BUFFETED.ACFT PLACARDED AGAINST OPENING ANY DOOR IN FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3229W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Del Rio
N3229WRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2025 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3229W · 1
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