# NTSB FTW72AF020: Piper PA-28, N5680U, San Antonio, TX, October 11, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 11, 1971
- Place: San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164263
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72AF020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72AF020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5680U-1972-02-11), registration cancelled 1972-02-11, S/N 28-26477 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: San Antonio Int

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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