- Date
- June 22, 1974
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N321WPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740622024849A
- Case key
- 130239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2174 74/6/22 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 3000 TIME - 0951 N321W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRSTI MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX BROWNSVILLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- PREV TIME IN TYPE ALL DUAL.ENG CKD OK POST-ACDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N321W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Chrsti Mun
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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.