- Date
- November 22, 1970
- Place
- Tomball, TX · TOMBALL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95347Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4443 70/11/22 TOMBALL,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N95347 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVID WAYNE HOOKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMBALL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 26 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 1ST SOLO,WIND SHIFT TO DNWND GUSTING 36K.PLT CONCERNED WITH APCHG DARKNESS CONTD APCH AND LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95347
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- David Wayne Hooks
N95347Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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