- Date
- October 10, 1971
- Place
- Lagrange, TX · LAGRANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5400PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3998 71/10/10 LAGRANGE,TEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 143 TIME - 1512 N5400P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUENTHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAPORTE,TEX LAGRANGE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5400P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Guenther
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