- Date
- June 12, 1971
- Place
- Beckville, TX · BECKVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98279Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0938 71/6/12 BECKVILLE,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1232 N98279 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1679 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 679 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGVIEW,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREES 65 FT AGL NEXT TO LARGE OPEN FLD. FLT TRNG SYLLABUS LISTED EMERG LDG PRACTICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98279
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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