- Date
- September 26, 1975
- Place
- Marfa, TX · MARFA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1069XPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750926036389A
- Case key
- 151629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3417 75/9/26 NR.MARFA,TX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 717 TIME - 1000 N1069X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX MARFA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- HIT RUT IN RWY & BENT NOSE GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1069X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dunham
N1069XRegistered 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.