# NTSB FTW69A0054: Piper PA-28, N8757W, Hondo, TX, February 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 7, 1969
- Place: Hondo, TX · HONDO, TX
- Location: 29.3542° N, 99.1618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hondo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3542&lon=-99.1618&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 11, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191520
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0067   69/2/7    HONDO,TEX           PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 400
        TIME - 0530                    N8757W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- DESCENDED IN SHALLOW FLT PATH CRASHED INTO BASE OF TREE.ACFT HAD POWER ON AT IMPACT.WEA VFR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8757W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8757W-1970-06-11), registration cancelled 1970-06-11, S/N 28-10297 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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