- Date
- February 8, 1976
- Place
- Hungerford, TX · HUNGERFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3340PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760208002779A
- Case key
- 152348
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0204 76/2/8 NR.HUNGERFORD,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 2584 TIME - 1315 N3340P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY GARDOU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAUMONT,TX HUNGERFORD,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- R BRAKE LINING WORN OUT.HYD FLUID LEAK PAST O RING SEALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3340P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harry Gardou
N3340PRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.