- Date
- January 9, 1976
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4539TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760109000179A
- Case key
- 149811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0078 76/1/9 MINERAL WELLS,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N4539T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 21, 460 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 81 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINERAL WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KILLEEN,TX MINERAL WELLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- VASI WAS AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4539T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mineral Wells
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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.