- Date
- April 25, 1973
- Place
- Vidor, TX · VIDOR, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7076KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730425009909A
- Case key
- 190782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0930 73/4/25 VIDOR,TEX PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 393 TIME - 1820 N7076K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 333 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBINDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIDOR,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT-INTENTIONALLY NOSED ACFT OVER ON BACK FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- T/D 800FT BFR END OF RWY,ENG DID NOT RESPOND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7076K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aubindale
N7076KRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2009 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7076K · 1
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