- Date
- October 11, 1971
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5680UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164263
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3948 71/10/11 SAN ANTONIO,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 47 TOTAL TIME - 1734 N5680U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOWER CONTROLLER DID NOT ADVISE PLT OF WAKE TURBULENCE OF 707 GO-AROUND ON PARALLEL RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5680U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Antonio Int
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