- Date
- October 29, 1971
- Place
- Tomball, TX · TOMBALL, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4231 71/10/29 TOMBALL,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, UNK/NR TIME - 1030 N5903U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVID WAYNE HOOKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMBALL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 45 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- N5903U ON 45 DEG LEG TO DOWNWIND. N1788J ON DOWNWIND LEG. BOTH ACFT MONITORED UNICOM FREQ.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4231 71/10/29 TOMBALL,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N1788J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVID WAYNE HOOKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOMBALL,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 135 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1788J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- David Wayne Hooks
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N5903U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- David Wayne Hooks
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.