- Date
- October 29, 1967
- Place
- Crosbyton, TX · CROSBYTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5946WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4323 67/10/29 CROSBYTON,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 106 TIME - 2000 N5946W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- LANDED IN COTTON FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5946W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5946WRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 2006 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5946W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.