- Date
- February 13, 1971
- Place
- Keller, TX · KELLER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2608MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0739 71/2/13 KELLER,TEX PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 11344 TIME - 1700 N2608M PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 807 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODE ARPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KELLER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PUSHED CONTROL STICK FWRD WHILE LEANING OVR TO PICK UP DROPPED SUNGLASSES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2608M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goode Arpt
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