- Date
- December 8, 1968
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2955PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4882 68/12/8 AUSTIN,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 125 TIME - 1618 N2955P PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT MUELLER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE REMARKS- WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING ELECTRA. R CROSS WIND 60 DEG 7K. TWR CAUTIONED PLT OF TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2955P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Robert Mueller
N2955PRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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