- Date
- January 2, 1971
- Place
- Leakey, TX · LEAKEY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5540WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0324 71/1/2 LEAKEY,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 295 TIME - 1100 N5540W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING J RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT STOCKTON,TEX SABINAL,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 1/3/71.FLT BTWN 2 LAYERS OF CLOUDS,DR DSCNT THRU LOWER LAYER ACFT HIT HILL 1700FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5540W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying J Ranch
N5540WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5540W · 1
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