- Date
- June 27, 1968
- Place
- Dorchester, TX · DORCHESTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7727ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1873 68/6/27 DORCHESTER,TEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3600 TIME - 1100 N7727Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- WING CAUGHT TALL GRASS. ACFT STRUCK DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7727Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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