- Date
- January 20, 1973
- Place
- Lagrange, TX · LAGRANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64KPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730120000959A
- Case key
- 170084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0225 73/1/20 LAGRANGE,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 802 TIME - 1945 N64K PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUENTHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TEX HOUSTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- NITE LDG,UNFAMILIAR ARPT-AVOIDING WIRES NR END OF RWY,STALLED ONTO RWY BENDING GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Guenther
N64KRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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