- Date
- October 10, 1973
- Place
- Corpus Christ, TX · CORPUS CHRIST, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56080Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731010035259A
- Case key
- 188306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3199 73/10/10 NR.CORPUS CHRIST,TEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2240 TIME - 2030 N56080 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP REFUGIO,TEX LEXINGTON,KY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT DISCLOSED HE BECAME SICK-DISORIENTED-CONFUSED WHILE IN TURN HEADING TO SHORE.ACFT STRUCK WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56080
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.