- Date
- June 20, 1976
- Place
- Wayside, TX · WAYSIDE, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1165XPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760620015709A
- Case key
- 154536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1618 76/6/20 WAYSIDE,TX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 174 TIME - 1400 N1165X PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MC NEILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEREFORD,TX WAYSIDE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT SMALL WIRES ABV PWR LINES. VEERED OFF RWY INTO FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1165X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mc Neill
N1165XRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N1165X · 1
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