- Date
- August 1, 1976
- Place
- Mims, TX · MIMS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8218CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760801021309A
- Case key
- 155078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1736 76/8/1 MIMS,TX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N8218C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKENZIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONGVIEW,TX MIMS,TX 00013 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- DRIFTED L OF RWY INTO SHRUBBERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8218C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mckenzie
N8218CRegistered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine 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.