- Date
- September 3, 1975
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55411Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750903028499A
- Case key
- 150938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2433 75/9/3 DENTON,TX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 899 TIME - 0030 N55411 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX DENTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- NO APRT LIGHTING DUE TO GRND PWR FAILURE KNOWN TO PLT BFOR TKOF.TRIED TO LND BY CAR HEAD LTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55411
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Denton Muni
N55411Registration cancelled Aug 8, 2014 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.