- Date
- January 31, 1976
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3171RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760131002079A
- Case key
- 152917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0206 76/1/31 SAN ANTONIO,TX PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 123 TIME - 1339 N3171R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAYTOWN,TX SAN ANTONIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3171R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.