- Date
- November 26, 1970
- Place
- Lancaster, TX · LANCASTER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7372KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4248 70/11/26 LANCASTER,TEX PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1600 N7372K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 25, 2520 TOTAL HOURS, 18 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANCASTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX LANCASTER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 23 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- KNOWN 70 DEG R X-WIND GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7372K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lancaster
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