# NTSB FTW70F0325: Piper PA-28, N5777F, Wilderado, TX, December 2, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 2, 1969
- Place: Wilderado, TX · WILDERADO, TX
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 12, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148316
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70F0325
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70F0325

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2988   69/12/2   WILDERADO,TEX       PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 354
        TIME - 1415                    N5777F              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MULESHOE,TEX                WILDERADO,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- WAS CHECKING A PASTURE FOR LANDING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5777F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5777F-2012-12-13), registration cancelled 2012-12-13, S/N 28-25083, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5777F (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX91LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA226), May 27, 1991: Piper PA28-140 (N5777F), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO A STALL MUSH WHICH LED TO A LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S POOR…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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