- Date
- May 16, 1970
- Place
- Sterling City, TX · STERLING CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6756JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2044 70/5/16 STERLING CITY,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N6756J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROBERT LEE,TEX STERLING CITY,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- L QUARTERING HEAD WIND,LNDD ON ROAD.DRG GO-AROUND DRIFTED L HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6756J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6756JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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