- Date
- April 16, 1972
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8581NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1477 72/4/16 LOS FRESNOS,TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 177 TIME - 1530 N8581N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RESACA STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TEX LOS FRESNOS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NARROW STRIP. GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8581N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Resaca Strip
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