- Date
- March 24, 1968
- Place
- San Marcos, TX · SAN MARCOS, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7673YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0839 68/3/24 SAN MARCOS,TEX PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1520 N7673Y PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 24, 1374 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN MARCOS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ASYMETRICAL FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- SIMULATED RT ENG FAILURE.LT FLAP MOMENTARILY STUCK IN DOWN POSITION,UNDTRMND CAUSE.RT GR CAME OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7673Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Marcos
N7673YRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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