- Date
- February 17, 1976
- Place
- Bowie, TX · BOWIE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5185YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760217003129A
- Case key
- 152298
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0237 76/2/17 NR.BOWIE,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 512 TIME - 0645 N5185Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOULDER,CO SMITHFIELD,TX BOWIE,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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- UNLTD STRIP. GUSTING TO 25K. ALSO HIT HOUSE PORCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5185Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch
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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.