- Date
- February 7, 1972
- Place
- Cresson, TX · CRESSON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3519PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0064 72/2/7 NR.CRESSON,TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 164 TIME - 0710 N3519P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT WORTH,TEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT TSMTD MAYDAY,RPRTD CTLS JAMMED.ACFT HIT GND IN STEEP NS DN ATT.CTLS CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3519P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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